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ITAtN'S LONGEST-RUNNING COMMODORE 64 MAGAZINE

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YC AUGUST 1991

atu ro o n i e s

RODLAND (p10) - Is this game about cutesy
characters and hitting people with sticks just a
storm in a diskdrive?

O MUSIC
VID SPESH
(P64) -
What'll
you be
playing on
your vid
soon? It
could be
one of
these...

0 BIG THRILLS (p60) -
What have comics, film,
video and records got in
common? Er... They're
all reviewed on the Big
Thrills pages!

TALES FROM THE
SCRIPT (p62) - Dave
"I know the stars"
Hughes presents a
further dispatch from
film-industry hell.
How many times can
he mention Julia
Roberts, d'ya think?

RAMPART
CHALLENGE
(p20) - The
start of the
'YC

Humiliation
Tour 1991'.
We pop down
to Domark and
get soundly
thrashed in a
Rampart
castle-frenzy.

20 rampart challenge A YC challenge

team journey to Domark in order to be completely smegged at
Rampart, an arcade smasheroonie.

26 computer boffo It's star-studded final

time for YC's long-running trivia quiz,

36 neon zone spesh Our Jeff takes his

cardboard camera to a preview of this summer's new arcade
games.

64 music vid spesh Jesus Jones and Pop

Will Eat Itself are amongst the bands who have their vids
rounded-up and seen to by Rik 'Square-Eyes' Henderson.

v i e w

10 rodland (Preview)

39 final blow (Preview)

42 jahangir khan's squash

44 rbi2 baseball (YC Fun One)

46 switchblade

50 meres

52 hero quest

54 logical

56 multi-player soccer manager

regulars

04 data News and views and, er, shrews from Bevvy
Babes (Are you sure about this? Ed)

07 compo winners Compo results for the

masses, have you won a prize?

15 scum of the earth Cheats, high scores,

maps? Oozin' Eugene's got 'em!

23 goody bag Prizes galore and a whole lot more in

store!

24 post apocalypse YC's psycho letters' Ed

cuts a flaming path through some whinging missives.

30 misadventures New, improved Paul Rigby

kills ores and reviews adventures twice as well as the old
formula!

38 next month What you have to look forward to,

(i.e. the next issue of YC!)

43 budgie column Psssf, mate, wanna buy a

budgie game?

60 big thrills The nearest thing YC'II ever get to a

lifestyle guide! A look at films, vids, comics, records...

62 tales from the script Dave Hughes

goes tulip-crazy in this month's film-news- 'n '-views column.

on trie tap

12 metaplex, tank

battlezone, monsters

34 rodland

IMEWS

7/ie names behind the
games!

Addictive Games,
Unit 1, Baird Road, Enfield,
Middlesex, EN1 IS J.
Tel: 081-804 8100

Enigma Variations Ltd,
13 North Road, Harrogate,
North Yorkshire, HG1 5PD.
Tel: 0423 501595

Zepplin Games

Unit 9D Sedgeletch Ind

Estate, Houghton-le-Spring,

Durham, DH4 6JW.

Tel: 091-385 7755

ON THE SPOT: YOU'VE EITHER
GOT IT OR YOU'VE NOT!

Bore your friends, amaze your parents, entertain your
aunts for you are... Computer Boffo!

QUESTIONS

1 . What creatures are set to scare you in Disney's
Arachnophobia?

2. Tarn & Rit are fairies in which game?

3. A bimbette called Kiki introduces which game?

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RUBICON AND
ON AND ON

Remember Hewson? Well they're back, under
the new name of 21 st Century Entertainment - and what better to shoot off with than a
shoot-em-up called Rubicon (not to be confused with a
can of passion fruit drink or an old game from
Quicksilva)?

It's set in the year 201 1 after a nuclear explosion in a
Soviet Powerplant and surprisingly enough there's not
much left apart from mutations! (Glowing sheep, etc.)

Basically, you've got disarm the mutations, clear up
the mess and make the planet inhabitable again. I think
youre gonna need more than the weaponry given to you
in the game, I'd just telephone God, that's if you can
afford the phone bill by the year 201 1 !

YOU GOTTA
FIGHT FOR
YA RIGHT

Just as Haggar (the ex-Streetfighter not
the cartoon Viking) had put his socks and
shoes on for once and settled down to a
quiet and boring life of being Mayor of the
city, his daughter goes and gets
kidnapped by none other than the Mad
Gear Gang - how inconsiderate of her!

Yep, Final Fight is the sequel to
Capcom's Streetfighter and U S Gold are
sure you are going to get all your kicks
(arf, arf) out of this conversion.

You play Haggar or his sidekicks, Cody
or Guy, and come face-to-face, or foot-to-
foot, rather with all the ugliest and
meanest punks imaginable.

ONED OUT,
i MAN!

A Robozone is not one of those
street corners with a black spot
where you can phone other robots,
it's actually the latest shoot-em-up
of the sideways scrolling kind to
come from the Imageworks label.

It's set in the 21st Century
where cities are so polluted that no
human can survive (should have
been London 1991)!

A bunch of robots calling
themselves The Wolverine are
brought in to protect the city, until

a load of evil black stick-like robots
called Pollutants arrived and
wrecked the cities, scavenged all
the metal they could find then built
huge furnaces to smelt the lot. Ah
well, it all goes to make a good
game! You play the only Wolverine
left in New York and must stop the
Pollutants over-running the City.

It has 3 huge levels and is being
marketed as '1991's ultimate
shoot-em-up', so fire buttons at the
ready!

NEWS

EEEE THAT'S
GRAND, LADS

Domark are certainly showing us that
they're good sports with their latest two
signings.

Grandstand is a 'mix-em-up' of all your
fave type of sports (unfortunately
tiddlywinks and kiss chase are not
included) so you can play from the privacy
of your own living room without mud,
sweat and running round only to make
yourself wheeze.

The football game is none other than
Gazza (the Empire version not the one-
legged simulator). The driving part is
provided by Continental Circus and the
tennis by Pro Tennis Tour and to 'round'

off how about a game of golf with none
other than World Class Leaderboard,
which is certainly nothing to be tee-ed off
about (aargh - Ed).

Meanwhile, to tie in with the 1992
European Football Championships,
Domark have teamed up with Taito to bring
you Euro Football Champ. If you're a fan of
the coin-op you'll know that it's a knock-
out competition played from a grandstand
view with a rather fun feature which allows
you to purposely knee, kick or elbow
another player and get away with it if
you're not spotted by the ref, that is - um,
sounds more like Sunday league!

TEN GAMES TO
DISGUST YOUR
GRANNY

(BUT AMUSE YOUR FRIENDS)

1 . Bogie Trooper - Piranha

2. Sick Dangerous - Microprose

3. Ghostpusters - Activision

4. Thunderturds - Grandslam

5. Phlegm-X - Demonware

6. Ski or Dieorrea - Electronic (F)Arts

7. Roboplop - Ocean

8. Guffy's Saga - Ubi Soft

9. Forsnotten Worlds -US Gold

10 Crap Door - Alternative Software

(Er... thank you Beverly, that's
enough! Ed.)

BOARD-
ACIOUS

Gremlin certainly aren't
'board' with the recent
success of 3-D roleplaying
games for they have signed
up 'Space Crusade' - the
second addition to MB's
fantasy stable.

Space Crusade, aimed at
a younger market, was
developed after Heroquest
became MB's fourth best-
seller - behind the likes of
Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary and
Scrabble.

MB put the success down
to the amount of bits and
bobs and omate artwork you
get for your pounderoonies
compared to the 'expensive
air' found in other
board games.

Certainly not my
cup of tea, - I'm off
for a game of Twister
then it's an all nighter
with Jason
Donovan's 'Straight
to Your Heart' board
game - I'm an
intellectual, you see!

WHERE THERE'S A
WILLIS THERE'S A WAY

UPSON

He's podgy, he's
got a receding
hair-line and he
sang a crappy
pop song which
should have
been titled
"Under The
Baldwalk" but
he's got that
certain

something that makes him dead 'ard and attractive to
women.

Ocean certainly think that Brucie-babes Willis is a star
not to be laughed at, for they have signed up the latest film
he's starring in, namely Hudson Hawk, a Joel Silvers
comedy/musical, which has recently become the second
movie to reach the $100m budget.

We can only hope that Ocean put this much into the
development of the conversion ...only joking!

DOUBLE TROUBLE

PEOPLE DO THE
SPACKIEST
THINGS!

Just what is it about pairs of big 'n' bouncy cutesy
wutesys (er characters, that is)? The Mario Bros are
already household names and about to star in their own
film, now US Gold have announced the safe arrival of two
new siblings namely The Mega Twins and The Bonanza
Brothers.

Sega's Bonanza Bros are two reformed villains called
Mobo and Robo who are mysteriously hired to check out
the security at some well known establishments (know
wot I mean!) They're a sort of cross between the Marios
and The Blues Bros as they sniff out the bad apples,
armed with pop guns, and do a spot of nicking
themselves. Watch out for this very funny and rather spiffy
platform/obstacle game in November.

Now meet the Mega Twins, they might be cute, but
they're on a revenge trip from hell, cos as babies they
were the only survivors from a terrible monster that wiped
out their paradise land. The game will convert from the
popular Capcom coin-op when 1 5 years later The Twins
treck through 6 levels of dazzling arcade action on a quest
to find the legendary Dragon Blue Eyes stone which would
set their world in order again. What I want to know is, if
they were the sole survivors who fed and changed their
nappies?

FEEL THE NEED FOR

It's bigger, it's better, it's bloodier. Yep, that futuristic sport,
Speedball, is back - and for those of you who thought I
meant a Bernard Matthspews Beef Roast you're wrong!

Speedball 2 is set to
knock the spots right off of its
predecess, with individual
team member selection, more
weapons and, more
importantly, more violence -
you'll even score higher
points for injuring an
opposition player.

It promises to push the
C64 to it's Very limits', so
remember to take cover when
loading the final game, 'cos it
might explode.

Out in September the
game will cost £10.99 on cassette and £12.99 disk.

AUGUST 1991

(On sale July 26)

Aiphavite Publications Ltd

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Milton Keynes MK11 3HF

Tel: (090B) 569819

(Readers' enquiries on

Tuesdays)

Fax: (0908) 260229

Editor

Jeffrey Davy

Staff Writers

Jason Miller
Richard Taylor

Little Pixie Helper

Rik Henderson

News Editor

Beverly Gardner

Group Editor

Paul Eves

Designer

Helen Saunders

Publisher

Hasnain Walji

Advertising Manager

Cass Gilroy

Contributions

Post Apocalypse,
Dave Hughes,
Oozin'Eugene,
Alan Lathwell,
Paul Rigby,
Mr Halibut

And we all
thought
Jimmy Hill
had a problem
but Bruce
Everiss smiles
on regardless -
well wouldn't
you if you
were making
38p per minute!

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EVERYONE'S A
WINNER (BABY) II

Back (or a regular run. the
YC Office Fairy has been
drawing and judging
compos and has brought
everything right up to date.

From now on, we'll be
printing the winners each month
for the compos run in the issue
two months previous, with no
lazy lagging-behind!

So, here are the winners
from February 1 991 to May 1 991 .
And remember, rf you've won
(you lucky, lucky, people!) and
you don't get sent your prize
soonish (say, a month from now)
DONT RING US! Ring the
company who've offered the
prize and worry them instead!

"Kate Adie Calling" -
YC February 1991

The chance to win a first prize of
a model jeep, model helicopter
and a copy of St. Dragon. Two
second prizes of a jeep and St.
Dragon. And runners-up prizes
of... St. Dragon. All this in return
for a phoney war report, which
we said we'd print if you won.
First Prize: Guy Breakinbury,
South Glamorgan.
His winning entry was a bit
scarily realistic:

"As I stand here in Riga, capital
of Latvia. I can hear the sound of
bombs exploding in the
surrounding countryside. Hand-
to-hand fighting is taking place in
the suburbs; and we know we are
surrounded by Soviet tanks.

This unnecessary war. now in
its second week, started when
Latvia declared complete
independence from the USSR.

Now, a rocket explodes quite
near us, damaging the main
television broadcasting station;
we run for cover to our bunker.

The Latvian people know, of
course, that they cannor hope to
contain the might of the Soviet
military machine. But they fight
on, putting freedom before their
own lives.

As they fire their hopelessly
out-dated rifles into the air at
Soviet MIG fighters, the
determination shines on their
faces.

Lavians everywhere appeal to
the great Russian people and
President to put an end to this
conflict.

Another explosion, a flock of
wild geese rise into the air and fly

westward - to Freedom. "
Second Prize: Michael Jones,
Ouinton, Birmingham.

His entry was even more
worrying!

" War has finally broken out, after
months of speculation. All the
talking is now over and both
sides are taking up arms. With all
the latest technology,
Commanders are calling it the
two-minute war.

Peace and tranquility have
been pushed aside. While Heads
of State contemplate how to
annhilate each other.

There have been massive
casualties on each side, with
hospitals working around the
clock, trying to cope with the
backlog of dead and wounded.

People young and old,
shouting in the streets for peace,
asking God for help. But their
words go unheard, drowned by
the noise of incoming bombs and
Anti-Aircraft-Gun fire.

Water supplies, electricity,
bridges, airports and roads are
the main targets, with around-
the-clock bombardments. At
times, the noise is earth-
shattering. Buildings shake and
crumble with a moment's notice,
civilians are caught underneath
tons of rubble. Rescue missions
are few and far between, people
rooted to the spot because of
fear and bewilderment. It is a
sad, sad sight One I shall never
forget.

If only the Heads of State
could play war on a computer, it
would be the saviour of so many
screams."

The other Second prize goes to:
No name, Gainsborough.
This was a rather amusing entry:
"And here is the update of the
micro war. Out here, it is
reaching DIZZY heights. We hope
these SANXION will stop soon,
that this is the LAST DUEL.

They are going to send in the
RESISTANCE at MIDNIGHT, but
we can OUTRUN these solduers,
their soldiers are just eating
KWIK SNAX.

Out here, there are
CREATURES that BREED at
NIGHT.

The opposition are
PLOTTING to RAMPAGE the
place but we are sending in our
TOP GUN pilots.

At night, our WONDER BOY
soliders are nothing but a
SHADOW of a WARRIOR.

The weather out here is
atrocious, the days are called

DAYS OF THUNDER. There are
also lots of boulders, when one
falls you must DASH from the
BOULDER.

We hope that this war will
end soon, so that AFTER THE
WAR. the year 1943 will be
peaceful again."
Runners-up: Alex Mead, Devon;
Joe Baker, Bristol. Jonathan
Trickett, Pollington; Steven Read,
Gosport; Peter A. Preston,
Leicester; David Hughes,
Ettington; Ravi Kalsy, Cleveland;
Tom Birks. Stoke-on-Trent;
Raymond Cullett, Crawley;
Gordon Blair, Kilmarnock.

"YC GOODY BAG" -
YC March 1991

This was just sooo simple to
enter. All you needed was a
postcard to win these fab prizes:
5 DICK TRACY T-SHIRTS: Rory
Stamp, Cartmel; H. Coote,
Cleveland; George Con. Luton;
Adrian G. Forbes, Isle of Man;
Lisa Williamson, Consett;
5 DICK TRACY MUGS: Rory
Stamp, Cartmel; R. Pillai, London
SE13; Adrian G. Forbes, Isle of
Man; P. Turner, Lincoln; Mark
Pearson, Ashton-under-Lyme;
5 STUN RUNNER MUGS: M.
Buffrey, Monmouth; R. Pillai,
London SE13; Michael Jones,
Birmingham; Mark Pearson,
Ashton-under-Lyme; Chris
Roden, Chester;
10 BEATS INTERNATIONAL
POSTERS: Nick Stuart, Oldham;
Chris Roden, Chester; Steven
Read, Gosport; Geoffrey Miles,
RAF Bruggen: A. Bamett,
Chester, R, Pillai, London SE13;
Alex Wade, Stockport; D. Steel,
Brampton; P. Turner, Lincoln;
Rory Stamp, Cartmel;
10 JESUS JONES POSTERS:
Nick Stuart, Oldham; Chris
Roden, Chester; Geoffrey Miles,
RAF Bruggen; A. Bamett.
Chester; R. Pillai, London SE13;
Alex Eade, Stockport; D. Steet,
Brampton, P. Turner, Lincoln;
Rory Stamp, Cartmel; Steven
Read, Gosport.
25 SUPER MONACO GP
POSTERS: P. Turner, Lincoln; D.
Steel, Brampton; Alex Wade,
Stockport: No Name, Middleton
Road, Oldham; M. Buffrey,
Monmouth; Michael Jones,
Birmingham; Rory Stamp,
Cartmel; R. Pillai. London SE13;
George Con, Luton; Adrian G.
Forbes, Isle of Man; Philip Cole,
Redcan A. Barnett, Chester;
Geoffrey Miles, RAF Bruggen;
Steven Read. Gosport; Mark

Pearson, Ashton-under-Lyme;
Chris Roden, Chester; Nick
Stuart, Oldham;
25 STUN RUNNER POSTERS:
A.J. Ridge, Bristol; P. Turner,
Lincoln; D. Steel, Brampton; Alex
Wade, Stockport; No Name,
Middleton Road, Oldham; M.
Buffrey, Monmouth; Rory Stamp,
Cartmel; R. Pillai, London SE13;
George Con. Luton; Philip Cole,
Redcar, A. Bamett, Chester;
Geoffrey Miles, RAF Bruggen;
Steven Read, Gosport; Mark
Pearson, Ashton-under-Lyme;
Chris Roden, Chester; Nick
Stuart, Oldham;

"DEAD 'ARD HARDWARE" -
YC April 1991

Here you could have won three
first prizes of a 'Hardware' video,
baseball cap, and watch in return
for knowing which heavy metal
rock star played a taxi driver in
the film. The answer was, of
course, Lemmy from Motorhead
and the winners are:
Tim Parker, Norwich; Adrian
Sharp, Whitehaven; Stephen
Lowerty, Wallingford;

"SUPREME BEINGS" -
YC April 1991

We offered five first prizes of: a
copy of Supremacy, Monty
Python, Golden Axe, Super Off-
Road and Judge Dredd to the
person who came up with the
best caption for a picture of Han
Solo looking shifty.
The winners: "I'll have to start
ordering YC weekly, Darth
Vader's getting too difficult to
ambush for his!" - Robert Clark,
Bradford; "This Poll Tax
collection is dangerous!" - Neil
Snowdon, Dumfries; "He's nof
collecting my Poll Tax!" - Edward
Wilson, Huddersfield; "/ hare
trying to get the shop's last copy
of YC!" - Michael Clark, Bradford;
"All this because I wouldn't lend
Luke my YC magazine!" - Kay
Blair, Kilmarnock;

"EYE WANT TO WIN" -
YC May 1991

A pair of 'aerobic glasses' to the

person who answered 'Pupil' to

the question "What is the round

black thing in the middle of your

eye called?".

The winner D.R. Steel,

Brampton.

"PITY THEY CUT THE
FINGER-SNAPPING
SEQUENCE OUT"/"HAS
FRANK MILLER REALLY
SOLD OUT?" -
YC May 1991

10 'Darkman' and 10 'Robocop 2'
vids ready to be won in 'Tales
from the Script'.
The winners: Robert Harvey,
Harlow; Stephen Woods,
Nottingham; D.R. Steel,
Brampton; Michael Jones,
Birmingham; T.S. Fox, Thetford.

Count up to nine to help
teddy get the honey

Pair the large letters
at the alphabet fair

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When Storm came to show us a
few exclusive levels of the
company's forthcoming arcade
conversion, we decided that the
person to write the preview should
be youthful, full of jollity, bouncy
and extremely friendly.
Unfortunately Rik Henderson was
the only fellow available so the
grouchy smeg had to do.

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There 1 was sitting
under my favourite
toadstool when up
pops Jimmy Tortoise with
his little sailor suit on, and
his very neatly trimmed frilly
tu-tu. "Hello", said Jimmy in
his sickeningly cheerful
voice - for it was his
birthday - so I shot him!

Now that's the sort of
fairy story I'd prefer to read
to small children, so when

I'm asked to do a preview of
a cute game I stick my
fingers down a throat
(preferably someone else's)
and treat the whole affair
with a little scepticism.

But when a cutesy game
is as darn spiffy as Rodland
looks to be I'll even get the
bucket to clean up the puke
myself.

The game, you see, is a
bit unique. Okay, it's

JUST WHO ARE THESE STORM
GEEZERS (AND GEEZERESSES)?

Er, a bunch of programmers and programmesses
who, like, programmed the game! (That's not good
enough! - Ed).

Erm, and they, er, wrote a couple of other games
too, like, er, Swiv and Silkworm, probably! (And
more! - Ed).

Oo, they also have exceedingly good parties at
Chrimbo time, and they take you round to the Pizza
place for lunch even if you don't like Pizza so you
have to make do with Chocolate fudge cake (which
is okay, 'cause I quite like choccy fudge cake). And,
believe it or not, they also deny being small fairies
and leprechauns and things, and haven't even seen
A Midsummer Night's Dream. (You're rubbish! - Ed).

converted from the popular
Jaleco coin-op, but to be
honest it's the way you grab
the monsters and smack
seven shades of rude pooey
stuff out of 'em that gives it
that "Ooo, what a smashing
little splendidness of a
game" appeal.

The style is most
definitely based around a
platform-gamey type of
thang, you have to clear
each screen the number of
sweet-looking baddies that
roam around.

This you do by using
your rod of Sheesanamo
(look, bear with me, it
doesn't all read like an Ann
Summers catalogue) to zap
them, and whilst in your
grasp you can beat them on
the floor.

Do this three times and
they will disappear, leaving a
weapon of some
description. You can then
use these to kill the other
baddies and win the game,

NAME: Rodland
SUPPLIER: Storm

PRICE: To be announced
RELEASE DATE: September

A THOUSAND THINGS THAT
FAIRIES AND PIXIES LIKE TO DO
(ER, WELL, A COUPLE ANYWAY!)

1 . The washing up - It keeps their hands ever
so soft!

2. Bounce joyfully around meadows and frolic
amongst the buttercups.

3. Eat loads of small cup cakes!

4. Help old shoemakers make all their shoes in
the allotted time.

5. Rip teeth out of children's mouths.

6. Watch Millwall every Saturday down the
den!

7. Place illegal bets on Dragonfly fights.

8. Eat small children's noses!

9. Steal Santa Clause's boots and shoot his
reindeer!

1 0. Edit computer magazines and tell
everybody that they are the best-selling C64
title!

prc-l AND

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O Aaaaand . . . MASSIVE EXPLOSION!! There's a mighty lot
of severe destruction going on here, eh? And we thought
they were such cute characters!

hurrah!

There are also many
flowers placed on the

screen that, if you manage
to collect the lot, will change
the monsters into

collectable thingummies for
a while and you'll be able to
dispose of them that way.

There's also other
original factors, like the lack
of a jump ability and a magic
ladder-creating ability
thrown in to replace it (i.e.
you can build a ladder
anywhere on the screen at
any time - when you build a
new one, the old one
vanishes).

There are huge,

humungous, gigantic,
ginormous, flippin' large and
no mistake, monsters to
defeat every so often and
the feel of the graphics and
sound, and every other small
aspect of the gameplay is
cute through and through.

It's all enough to make
you hue-ey 'til your stomach
lining comes up - but, from
the looks of it at this
early stage, it'll be
well worth it!

P
P

-13 PUSH FIE?

ON TH

What do you get if you put three
corking games on one cassette?
The YC cover tape, of course!
Theres loads of joystick crunching
action on the tape this month, so
load up and play away!

THE CONTENTS

Side A:

Side B:

Metaplex -
arcade action
game
Tank

Battlezone -
another
arcade action
game

Monsters - a
weird strategy
game

METAPLEX

Programmer: Prism
Type: Complete game -
arcade action
Controls: Joystick

The game is set inside an
asteroid, in a huge metal
complex, controlled by a two-
headed monster called Garth.

You must seek and
destroy him, as he intends to
destroy the Earth. To do this
you must shut down four
power control units, to
sufficiently weaken him and
bring him to a destructable
level.

After you have done this, a
door will open on the first
screen so you can escape.

HOW TO PLAY

To destroy a power unit, you
must drop a flask of acid on
it. First find the empty flasks
and fill them by standing
under the drip.

You have levels of laser
power, shield, acid and super
laser status. Various
messages will also appear in
the top left of the control
panel.

There is a rather complex

go to the room on the left.

2. On the floor in the room is
a security unit. If you
touch this it will alter the
status of the left hand
column in the centre of
the control panel.

3. Providing you have only
touched it once, the left
column will show;

a) Laser refill system
active

b) Door type one open

c) The doors to the four
rooms with power
units are open.

The centre column will show;

a) Side transporters
active.

b) Air to the right is
flowing. Throughout
the complex you will
come across air tubes,
you cannot travel

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security
system that
must be
understood:
There are
four types of
door,

numbered one
to four, you
can open
these at the
expense of
activating
other parts of
the system.
Here is an
example..
1. Start the
game and

against the direction
of air.

c) Electrical barriers are

active.
The right column will show;

a) Air to the left is flowing

b) Your laser is active

c) Air to the right is
showing

If you touch the sensor
again then you will alter
the security status.

There are many other
security sensors throughout
the complex. As you find your
way around, you have to
decide which doors need to
be opened and which things
to activate.

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targe munitions factory. A
squad was scrambled which

TANK BATTLE20NE

Programmer: Andrew Boxall

Type: Complete game -

arcade action

Controls: Joystick in port 1

and port 2 for two player

game.

3- - — . • -

It was decided, one day
during World War II, that a
special crack squad should
be sent behind enemy lines

consisted of a tank and
helicopter, it was named the
"battlezone" squad.

They had to travel across
a large, heavily-defended
land, but it was hoped (due to
the smallness of the
squadron), that they could
pass un-noticed.

If they had to destroy
defences, then they could
work well together - being on
ground and in the air.

This seemed like an
impossible task, and if they
ever made it back they would
be hailed as heroes.

It is a dangerous mission
and once again, it's up to
you.

HOW TO PLAY

Two players can play
simultaneously, one
controlling the tank and the
other the helicopter. A
joystick in each port is
needed, although one player
can play with joystick in
either port.

The idea is simple, shoot
all the defences and try to
make as much progress as

possible.

The tank can only drive on
the roads, but the helicopter
can fly anywhere. The screen
scrolls up only, so be careful
in the tank that you don't run
out of road if turning a double
left or right comer.

improve monsters to fight
other monsters and win cash
prizes.

The aim is to take control
over Cybill, the twelfth
monster and earn over 2000
credits so that you can retire.

The action can get pretty
hot. Keep cool and work
together!

MONSTERS

Programmer: Darren Cook
Type: Fantasy strategy game
Controls: Keyboard

Monsters is an easy-to-use
fantasy strategy game in
which you can buy, sell and

HOW TO PLAY

The play is straightforward
and instructions are
contained in the program.

Basically, use the function
keys and space bar to select
various options off the
menus. The menus are self
explanatory and easy to
follow.

Try to build up your
monster by improving it, and
buying weapons.

TEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
STANLEY PRECISION DATA SYSTEMS
AND MADONNA*:

1. Madonna sang 'Vogue',
S.P.D.S. didn't (and
probably wouldn't know
how to 'vogue* anyway)

2. Madonna is American,
S.P.D.S. are not (and are
based in Corby,
Northants, which is
nothing like America)

3. Madonna is very rich,
S.P.D.S. are not, probably
(do you reckon they make
millions from tape returns,
readers? No.)

4. Madonna fills Wembley
Stadium, S.P.D.S. don't.

5. Madonna doesn't accept
YC tape returns, S.P.D.S.
DO.

6. Madonna wears pointy
bras, S.P.D.S. do too (er...
are you sure about this? Ed)

7. Er...

8. That's it.

So, if you've got a problem
with this issue's YC tape,
don't send it to Madonna,
send it to:

YC Tape 20 Returns,
Stanley Precision Data
Systems

Unit F, Cavendish

Courtyard,

Sallow Road,

Weldon North Industrial

Estate,

Corby,

Northants,

NN17 1JX

(But make sure you've
checked your Datacorder
with some other games and
tried adjusting your tape
heads before you send any
'dodgy' tapes back. Thank
you.)

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EUGENE'S
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First of all this
month, a
selection of
pokes from
Russell Hough.

720 Degrees

Unlimited lives:
POKE 2398,1 73

Unlimited money POKE 11 793,96

To start the game again type SYS 21 28

Chuckie Egg II

Unlimited lives POKE 24577,1
With SYS 1 8698 to restart

Great Giana Sisters

Unlimited live POKE 8257,172
SYS 2098 to restart

Karnov

Unlimited lives POKE 32991,165
Unlimited time POKE 35884,1 65
SYS 32768 to restsrt

Draconus

Unlimited fire
POKE 5426,172
SYS 2058 to
restart

^^^^^^^^ m All of these games

need to be reset
before the pokes can be entered
These games, however do not have
to be reset.

Fighting soccer

Shoot from the penalty spot to score
every time.

New Zealand Story.

Press shift and left arrow key to skip
levels. You will still have to kill the
end of level baddies though.

Cheers Russell, 10 crispy funky
chunky pounds is on it's way.

I was quite surprised
when Eugene
bounced into the
office the other day
and apologised for
his 'irrational
behaviour' last
month. He then
proceeded to kiss all
the staff in turn and
sing a rather odd
song about the
'nicer things in life*.

Of course,
appropriate
authorities were
called immediately
and he was carted
off, with no
resistance, by the
"men in white
coats".

It was later
discovered that
someone had
slipped something
funny into his coffee,
and after a vitamin
injection and, a few
hours rest, he was
back to his normal
self. Who ever was
responsible, could
they please give him
a bit more next
time?

Now for the
complete
maps for
CJ'S

ELEPHANT
ANTICS

rather
splendidly
provided by
Darren Diffy
from
Gosport.

I think
that deserves
a tenner
aswell, thank
you very
much Darren!

By the
way, to cheat
on this game,
type "HAIRY
ARSE
HOLES"

COT a tan i.

c<v.

COVER
GAMES

RESCUE, press ,.? and
the shift key to advance
a level.

MIND GAMES, press
runstop, shift and push
the joystick up and you
can pass through the
top of the screen, if you
are surrounded by
aliens.

DIP DIVER, type POKE
12989,165 to stop the
back grounds from
killing you.

Thanks to Alex McCann
for most of those.

!■ ■}'■—

MEGA-FIEND&
FROM HELL

l£JI'-^-

Rory 'Retrograde' Stamp

Scored 51645 on Cyberdine Warrior

Conor O'Shea

Scored 500637 and completed Dragon Breed
Completed Double Dragon scoring 72345
Completed Gazza II.

Alan Morgan of Limerick sends in a few high scores
and challenges anyone to beat them.

EMLYN HUGHES
INTERNATIONAL

SOCCER 21-7 [skill level
10]

10-1 [skill level 10]

NAVY SEALS

92140 level 1-6

A couple from Richard
Maxwell,

DIZZY, POKE 15942,173 with
SYS 8192, after resetting your
computer, of course.

GHOSTS AND GOBLINS

POKE 2175,255 then SYS
21 28 again after a reset.

A cheat from Robert Atkin:

JUDGE DREDD

Hold down the keys KYLIE to
get to the end of the present
level.

Now for an Action
Replay or Expert POKE
from Ashley Robinson.

CREATURES

POKE 7328,1 73 for
infinite lives.

SOCCER BOSS

When you are on the main menu, go to the bank
manager and ask him for

"1 000000000000000000000000" pounds (or there

abouts) and you should be presented with

70VERFLOW ERROR IN 3250. If this does not

happen, add a few more zeros to the number.

After the error, type:

1900 MES="SPONSORS DONATE

S1 0000000":CA=CA+1 0000000: GOTO8300

1910 MES="OOZIN EUGENE GIVES

2000000":CA=CA+200000:GOTO8300

1920 ME$="EXECUTIVE BOX LEASED-

1 0000000": CA=CA+1 0000000:GOTO8300

Press return after each line and when you've done,
type RUN. You should now have enough cash to
pretty much what you want.

Thanks to Neil Corcoran for those interesting tips.

SWITCHBLADE

You must get the top score
on the high score table, and

enter your name as
"SLEEPY" followed by four
spaces.

Some hints, pokes and a map from Wesley Clarke in
Australia who earns 15 quid (or "about 30 bucks") for his
generous donations.

SUPERCARS

Type in your name as Harvey to start on level two, and try
ELLA for level three.

HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

Levell POKE 2741 ,173
Level2 is too easy, apparently
Level3 POKE 2505,1 73
Level4 POKE 2741,173

SUPER MONACO

France; your car doesn't skid much at top speed, so don't
be scared to put your foot down.

Brazil; the cars become faster and opponents hog the
road. Be careful when trying to overtake.

Spain; this track contains a tunnel, stay central and hit
the gas! Don't take the corners tightly, or you'll hit the side.

Monaco; this is a difficult track. Your car slides around a
lot and the other cars go very fast. There is also a longer
tunnel.

Finally a map of DIE HARD. A POKE to go with this, aswell,
is POKE 5801 ,173 for unlimited amunition. Thank you very
much Wesley, your cash is on it's way!

MORE YC
COVER TAPE
POKES:

SCORPION II

POKE 6375,96 for
indestructability and use
SYS 28000 to start the
game

DIP DIVER

POKE 12746,1 73 for
infinite lives and SYS
12032 to start the game

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Here are some tips
from our friends in Oz,.
known as "Cyber
Technologies". Thanks
lads, or lasses, I think
you deserve a crunchy
ten pound note for your
efforts, unless we can
find any Australian
money lying around.

First one for Adrian
Sharp, who needed a
cheat for PREDATOR.
POKE 5672,1 65 for
infinite lives.
POKE 401 9,1 65 for
infinite ammo.

POKE 4189,169 for
infinite grenades
POKE 7178,165 for
infinite time.
They do not know how
to kill the monster or lift
the tree trunk, if anyone
can help, please write
in.

MIDNIGHT
RESISTANCE

POKE 2165,255 for 255
lives

POKE 10092,1 73 for
infinite weapons,
POKE 46567,173 for
free weapons.

DEFENDER OF THE
CROWN

POKE 6839,165 for free
armies,

POKE 7052,165 for free
castles.

QUEDEX

POKE 11 872,1 81 for
infinite time.

RETROGADE

POKE 50238,96 for
invulnerability.

CYBERNOID

POKE 11552,255 for
255 lives,

POKE 28870,165 for
infinite lives,
POKE 28751,96 for
invunrability,
POKE 11 573,x to start
on any level.

These pokes require a
reset cartridge of some
sort to enter.

Thank you very
much, Nigel (I just
found your name), your
money is on its way.

WINGERS CORNER

Neil Corcoran would like some help with Last Ninja 1 and 2, Myth, Fantasy World dizzy and
Monty On the Run.

Well. I can help on two of those. On Myth, press '?' and 'shift' to obtain most weapons. On
Monty on the Run. type I WANT TO CHEAT in the high score table and pick up the boat on
the second screen.

Rob Gray would like some help on Flimbo's Quest and Defender of the Crown.

Niel Masters would like a "N on -cart ridge based" poke for Rainbow Islands

Lesley Hall would very much appreciate any help she can get on Interceptors "Tales of the
Arabian Knights"

Mr S A Fiest requests any help he can get on anything at all. Mental or physical.

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Once upon a time the YC boys
thought they were quite good at
the old games malarky. Little did
they know they were really
absolutely crap, and after a bright
executive thought up the
challenge idea the lads were about
to be educated. Rik Henderson
reports about the team's
embarrassing display. Jeff Davy
takes the snappies.

1 n

Rampart is the name of the game, and it's not
to be confused with a pretty poo-er effort
released a few years ago called "Ramparts".

The new Tengen machine (one of the
most recent acquisitions for Domark) is a
corking cross between Missile Command
(that old Atari coin-op where you have to
control a track-ball and shoot lines that come
down from the top of the screen) and Tetris
(c'mon. do I really have to explain
THAT game?).

What you have to do is build a
castle wall around your castle base
(the computer does this
automatically at the start) and then
place a number of cannons within
your fortification.

you get to do
the same to
them by
controlling a
cursor with a
track-ball
(hence the

Missile Command likeness).

Then
you'll be
attacked by
invaders
(either
another
player with
the same
limitations
or a fleet of
ships on
one-player
mode) who'
try to blast
the smeg out
of your
walls, and

After this time, the
destruction is realised and you have a brief
time to rebuild your wall by using Tetris

style blocks that appear on the screen

[simple, huh?).

If you don't
manage to do so you
lose a life or a credit,
if you do you can
even be adventurous
and attempt to
surround other castle
bases and therefore
give yourself loads
more cannons.

The game is to
be converted pretty
accurately, but we'll
have to wait 'til next
year to see it on the
home computer.

Booo!

IN THE

DOMARK

CORNER

Weighing in at around 450lbs
the Domark lads were looking
forward to the sheer
destruction they were to
partake in.

They were all tipped as
the favourites to come out of
it as the victorious team, but
Erol Ziya was their brightest
hopet as the ultimate winner
and Richard Browne was

quite able to beat the best on

his day.

The team (from left to
right): Richard "Killer"
Browne, Erol "Destroyer"
Ziya, James "Pit Bull"
McCormack.

THE
TOURNAMENT

THE COMPETITORS

ROUND ONE

James
McCormack
(Domark) vs. Rik
Henderson (YC)

James was the least
experienced of the
Domark team, and Rik
was the most
experienced of his
side. Even still, he was
crushed to a
humiliating defeat and
the hope now rested
on Jeffrey's shoulders.

The tournament was
structured so it was one
against one for the first
rounds (as you can have up
to three players in Rampart
at any one time) and the
three winners would meet
in the final, and the three
losers would meet in the
consolation final.

The games themselves
would continue until one of
the players had outlasted
his opponents) when they
had run out of credits and
must retire from the game.

Also taken into
consideration was the fact
that the YC team were all
likely to be completely
smegged and therefore go
out in the first round, if they
were each up against
Domark opposition.

So all the names were
drawn from a hat in order
to give the journalist team
a fairer chance.

IN THE YC
CORNER

The YC team knew they were
up against it at the start,
mainly due to the fact that
Jason had never played
Rampart before, Jeff had only
played it for about an hour at
the Arcade trade show and
Rik had come across it when
he was at Domark last.

They were going to get a
right stuffing and no mistake.

The team (from left to
right): Jeff "Mincer" Davy, Rik
"Flick-knife" Henderson,
Jason "Bull Fighter" Miller.

EATUR

ROUND TWO

Jeff Davy (YC) vs.
Jason Miller (YC)

Thanks to a flukey draw
we were guaranteed of
getting one of our own
through to the final.
From the start it always
looked like it was going
to be Jeff, and he
cruised to a convincing
win.

ROUND THREE

THE
CONSOLATION
FINAL

Rik

Henderson
vs.

Jason Miller
vs.

Richard
Browne

With two of
the magazine
fellows, the plan was
to gang up on the
Domark chappie and
wipe him out of the

Richard

Browne (Domark)
vs.

Erol Ziya (Domark)

This was tie of the
preliminary rounds,
with both Richard and
Erol being Rampart
masters (what DO
they do in their lunch
breaks?). Erol
managed to win in the
end but only on points
as Richard took him

game first. Needless to say, it failed abysmally and
Richard romped to a convincing win.

First Richard Browne
Second: Rik Henderson
Third (ie. last): Jason Miller

THE

GRANDE FINALE

N
N

James

McCormack vs. Jeff
Davy vs. Erol Ziya

The bookies decided to
close up the shop as soon
as the final line-up was
made, and by rights too.
Erol cruised easily to the

first YC challenge trophy (er, a plastic cup), although there was a bit of
for the humiliated team for the fact that Jeff managed to knock James
place and therefore take second place overall.

First Erol Ziya
Second: Jeff Davy
Third: James McCormack

THE
TEfiM
RESULT

To find out the team result
we decided to award the
winner of the final six
points; the runner-up five
points; etc. And this is
what we came up with:-

DOMARK - 13 points
YC - 8 points

Which goes to shop that
the YC team are quite
convincingly crap, and
Domark are rather
splendid!!!

a victory
into third

NEXT ISSUE:

Next time the team come
up against Storm, where
we'll all be utterly
humiliated at such arcade
machines as Double
Dragon III, Rodlands,
Indy Heat and a couple of
others! See ya then!!!

IVI

THE YC GOODY BAG

[>■<] ^

Whence walking down the street
t'other day, a large man
approached me and asked if I
could handle a sound punishment.
When I enquired into the origins of
his question, he replied:

"My kid nearly had a bleedin'
'eart-attack last month thanks to
your 'overly generous 1 Goody
Bag. Tone it down boy, or I'll really
sort you out".

So this month, to avoid death
and mayhem in the streets, we
are down to one page. This
doesn't stop us from giving away
even better prizes than ever,
though!

Besides, I didn't know his kid
suffered from "crunchy"
cholesteroled arteries.

5 MOCK
TURTLES LP'S

Straight out of Alice in Wonderland, these
curious creatures of corrupt creativeness
could transform your bedroom into a
spectacular floorshow of mooching bods.
On the other hand, you could listen to it at
a friend's house, or at a party, or in your car,
or whilst your peeling the potatoes or
digging the garden (Can you dig it? Ho, ho!
Ed). This highly versatile album could be
listened to just about anywhere, and if that
appeals, just write MOCK TURTLES LP on your
postcard and send it to us.

5 RBI 2
BASEBALL CAPS

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5 RAINBOW ARTS
T-SHIRTS

These cleverly-designed sheets of
cotton can be placed over the top
half of your body and compliment a
lovely pair of green cords really
well. They also say "Rainbow
Arts" (undoubtedly) and make
you feel good when the sun
comes out. They can be worn on
all occasions, at parties or down
the pub, on the beach, at
weddings and even at work
(We've done this bit before. Ed).
They should be washed at
medium temperature in a coloured
wash, and drip
dried and
stretched back
to original shape
whilst damp,
probably.

Ark

Please send all your cards to
"THE YC GOODY BAG IV",
YC, 20 POTTERS LANE,
KILN FARN, MILTON
KEYNES, MKII 3HF by 1
September 1991.

If you want to enter more
than one (or even all of
them), send a big envelope
full of postcards, with
"LOADSAPRIZES" written on
the front.

APOCALYPSE

It's time for the column with
huge amounts of letters,
sarcasm, and blood. The
satanic rituals are over, and
Posty has other things on
his mind! So pull up a stool,
get yourself a pint of
lemonade, and sit down for
the ride of your life... Post
Apocalypse is in session.

If you've got something to
say about YC, or any other
subject (teenage angst, etc.)
write to: POST
APOCALYPSE, YC, 20
POTTERS LANE, KILN
FARM, MILTON
KEYNES, MK11 3HF.

specify the format or show
screenshots from each
version (which is what
Krisalis did with Man. Utd.)-
I was very angry with US
Gold (although they are not
certainly not the only guilty
party) after buying a copy of
"Italy 1990". On the
packaging some outstanding
screenshots were shown, so I
took them to be Amiga
specimens, but still expected
to see a 3D soccer game on
the 64, even if it wasn't as
good. When I loaded the
game I was astonished to see
an overhead view of the
pitch, and no sign of a
referee or crowd. It looked
like a completely different
game.

Maciej Gondek,
Sydney, Australia

PA: Ooo... Aren't we touchy
then? What's your problem?

Italy 1990 was a superb
footy game on the C64, and
was a bit naff on the more-
expensive Amiga - so if you
don't stop whining I'll have to

Alright mates,
how'ya doing? It
looks as if the
Aussie readers are
winning the battle of the
letters - what are you
pom readers doing?
C'mon and write us a
letter, or else the
column will eventually
be taken over by
readers from other
nations (although
they're more than
welcome to drop me a
line)...

SHOT-EM-UP

As a Commodore 64 owner,
I'm used to looking at a game
packaging and seeing Amiga
screenshots. I expect
software houses to show the
best screens of their games,
but feel that they should

come round and give you a
good going over.

To be honest the only thing
software publishers should
print on the packaging of all
their games are pictures of
dead bunny rabbits - that'd
stop this cruddy cute-em-up
trend!

BUDGET
PLAN

How are you doing? I'm
doing just fine. I got a C64
for Christmas, so I'm getting
your cool YC mag.

I've got a question for
you though: What are your
three best budget games?
Mine are Last Ninja,

Barbarian 2 and Paperboy.

Jon Sugden,
Northumberland
PS. I think your free tapes
are great!

PA: What'ya mean "How are
you doing?" Doing what?

You're mighty confused, my
good fellow, but I'll put you
straight about budget games.
It really depends on what your
budget is, to determine what a
budget game is.
For instance, with what YC
pays me I could just about
afford a packet of cards,
whereas Jeff (the editor of this
fine magazine) gets he-uge
wages - so the computer
program that concocted the
'Operation Desert Storm' affair
would be his fave budget game
{you should see what his 'full-
price' collection contains).

THE LAND
OFOZ

Just a thank you for your
terrific mag. I buy it each
month, although home in
Australia we are three
months behind.

In your November issue
you offered a free tape and
although I never got that mag
til February I sent for the free
tape never expecting to get it.
But wow, it came in the mail
yesterday!

So, once more, a big, big
thank you for caring about
your readers in Australia.

Jeanette Downie,
N.S.W., Australia

PA: Not only do we care about
you antipodean peeps, but we

watch all your cultural
programmes! Neighbours,
Home and Away and Prisoner of
Cell Block H are truly splendid,
and the acting is as good as any
Shakespearian production (what
do you mean life over there's
not like that?)

YANK 'EM
OFF

I've just read "YC for the first
time and I have to say, what a
fabulous magazine it is too! It
certainly kicks the others into
touch (whatever that means).

Anyway, as I'm jetting off
to the good old U.S. of A
soon, I was wondering if you
could advise me if I should
buy any games from there, as
I'm not sure if they'll work
over here? Please help!

Also, could you please tell
me just how long your
reviewers spend playing a
game before they get down
to writing a review? Do they
try to complete the game or
only play the first few levels?

I say this because the
marks for 'half life' are not
too accurate for some
games, i.e. Mighty Bombjack
- which got a bit boring after
a few days.

Hussain Choudhury,
Luton

PA: Games sold in the U.S. of A.
are just the same as over here,
but you'll probably have a
problem in finding a software
shop that sells C64 stuff. The
PC is the popular computer
over there, and absolutely
nobody owns a cassette deck.

And the amount of time a
reviewer spends on a game
varies, depending on the
reviewer and how good the
game is. If a game is crap it
might not last too long before
landing in the bin (look at Kenny
Dalglish Soccer Match -
although Rik kept that tor
humour value).

Also, Rik has far more
tolerance, and will try to finish
even the hardest games (even
though he's totally crap at
them), whereas Jeff and Jason
can spot a naff game from miles
away and won't bother too
much rf they know everybody's
gonna agree with them.

By the way, Mighty
Bombjack was skill!

1) Will there be any wrestling games coming out for the
C64, like Main Event or WWF Superstars?

2) Why don't Nintendo bring out any of their games on other computers? They
would make stacks of dosh if they released 'Mario Bros' or 'Zelda', to name just two.

3) Why don't you put a cover on your tape? Commodore Format and Z**p manage
to do it and they only add a measly 25p to their price.

4) Is Last Ninja 3 really as good as you said? You gave it 100%.

Phil "The Master" Morton, Rotherham
PS. Could you print a list of all the teams' highest scores on Barbarian? Mine is
17,500. Is that good?
PPS. Keep up the good work!

PA: I suppose I'd better answer your queries:

1 ) . Yes! Ocean's just announced the forthcoming release of WWF Superstars for the
Commie - see Data for more details. I'd like to know if anybody's ever gonna release a game
about furry creature-hunting!

2) . Nintendo wouldn't dare release such a hot product on our computer. Most people buy
a Nintendo so they can play games like Super Mario Bros, so it'd be stupid to sell a game for
fifteen quid when they're theoretically selling it for eighty! Not only that but they really don't
need the dosh, they are expecting to have sold over 25 million Gameboys worldwide by the
end of '91 . God knows how many of the regular consoles they'll have sold.

3) . Why should we expect you to cough up an extra 25p for a cover for the tape when a
flimsy piece of plastic is not worth it. Just think about it, you could buy a Mars bar for that.
What would you think if we stuck a free Mars bar to the cover aswell - 'cause in theory that's
what we're doing!

4) . Yep! It's the naughty bits that dangle between a dog's legs!

By the way, our highest scores on Barbarian are so crap that you could add them all
together on one hand (if you've got about 10,000 fingers). So your score's quite good really!

FEATUR

It's here at last - it's the bonafide final.
, The part of this epic competition that
you've undoubtedly all been waiting
for! It's the end! Six of the most trivia-
minded industry bods clash at last!

(The setting is a bright, glitzy and
ever-so-slightfy tasteless TV
studio. Standing at the front of
the stage is a compere, grinning
from ear to ear and wearing a
spangly suit. He begins to
speak...)

Hi viewers, in case you've
forgotten, for the last four
months we've been grilling
various sections of the computer
games industry on their software
trivia knowledge.

In the first round it was PR
people, in the second it was
programmers, in the third YC
peeps got a bash and in the
fourth, last month, managing
directors were the target of our
attentions.

So, waiting behind me, there
are four proper finalists and,
since we need six contestants,
we also have two (almost)
deserving runners-up from
previous rounds to swell the
numbers, er, to make it more
interesting.

Everyone who's taken part
will get a certificate, whilst the
winner wilt get er, an even better
certificate, with "winner" written
on it in green crayon, and a
plastic cup that says "Computer
Boffo Champion" on it, in
smudged black felt-tip pen.
Remember, this is satellite TV
and our budget is small!

But without further ado,
let's... meet the contestants!

(Massive audience cheers)

THE CONTESTANTS:

Danielle Woodyatt (US Gold):

"I don't think I'm going to win!"
says Danielle, US Gold's PR
Supremo (responsible for more
blurred celebrations than any
other company), "But if I win I'll
wear something black from my
wardrobe, I'm not going to walk
around with a paper crown on!"
She'd be listening to 'Miranda
Sex Garden', a strange blend of
pop and Medieaval music. Odd,
huh?!

Joe Bonar (Probe):

Mr Bonar works for Probe, the
most completely hatstand
programming house around. "If I
win, I'll indulge a certain amount
of time drinking everything out of
the cup and I shall wear my
prizewinners T-Shirt and some

shoes" he says. And would he
like to work with children?: "I do
like children - but I couldn't eat a
whole one." Er... Thank you, Joe.

Jeff Davy (YC):

The incredibly well-hung (as in
'he should be bally well hung')
editor of this fine organ - "It may
be small, but it's what you do
with it" - would really, really,
really like to win! If he did, he
would, "go on a holiday to
Australia and surf & sunbathe
with Kylie Minogue", although
we think that Dame Edna
Everage is more his style. He'd
ateo listen "to all my Abba
albums", and "wear very loud
flourescent surfing shorts and a
T-Shirt with 'YC - Better than a
slap in the face with a wet

the last issue and, having got
over the celebrations from July's

kipper, and a lot less fishy' on
the front". Yep, readers, he
seems to have mislaid his trolley, victory says that: "If I win, I

have several more pints of

Bernard Dugdale (Elite):

Bernard is our MD champ from

Marsden's Pedigree at my
local." He continues: "I shall don

1. Name five Karate-related
games, excluding sequels.

2. What have Pyjamarama,
China Miner and Trollie
Wallie got in common?

3. Which company is to
releas Wrath of the Demon?

4. Who is Mel Croucher?

5. Which company has most
of the Bond game licences?

6. How many 64's have
been sold worldwide?

7. What does 'Exclusive Or'
do?

8. Which game did Laurence
Van Der Dokk write, about a
year-and-a-hatt ago?

9. Who is YC's programmer-
on-a -string?

10. Which band havent got
a computer game about
them but releases the
singles "Never Enough" and
"Boys don't Cry"?

Bruce Lee, Last Ninja, Karate
Champ, WOTEF, IK. [5]

I don't know, I'll just have to be
a wally (Unintentional or
subtle?) [1/2]

Empire

[1]

He's a cynical joumo & help-
liner [1]

Domark

[1]

5-8m

[0]

It's a command, 1/0=1, 0/1=1,
0/0=0,1/1=1. [1]

(Little clue!) Flimbo's Quest! [1]

Richard somebody, er, Taylor!

The Cure

[1]

Karateka, IK ("of course"),
WOTEF, Bruce Lee ("a bloody
classic game, that is!"), Last
Ninja. [5]

It's Wally, isn't it!

[1]

Readysoft/Em pire

[1]

He's a person with a magazine
on the phone and a moustache,
that last bit's important! [1]

Domark

[1]

A million-and-something, 5
million, er, 1 .2 million? [0]

It changes the state of bits, it
flips them. (Close enough!) [1]

(Rings Dutch programmers)
Flimbo's Quest! [1]

(24 hours later, and we're not
kidding!) Richard Taylor! [1]

The Cure

[1]

FEi

ng if Intellects The Like of Which Has Ne'er

my Famous Five shjorts which
make me look frightfully mature,
just like Julian. I'd listen to
'Lovely day' by Bill Withers, after
all it's summer, I'd be in my
shorts and I'd be on the way to

the pub!" Excellent!

Rik Henderson (YC/Ybur Amiga):

Fresh from putting together a
"1970's Spesh" for YA, Rik
declares: "If I beat everyone, I'll

share my winnings with Oxfam
and fly to Sweden in a small
walnut shell called Gerald. I'll
wear a suit of purely synthetic
fibres to avoid chapping." and
adds: "Have you seen my funny

hayfever tablets?" before
passing out.

Mike Clark (Code Masters):

Mike was a runner-up in the first
round but is planning a real
assault this time. He says that if
he wins: "I'd like to sail around
the word and meet lots of
people, especially buyers from
major chain stores so they can
purchase lots of Code Masters
products in order to, er, er, bring
about world peace!" He says
he'll be listening to his "Dougal
and the Blue Cat" record if he's
the champ. We feel we ought to
mention that he has bribed us
with £25 and a Smarties Easter-
egg. Nice man!

IK, WOTEF, Yie Ar Kung Fu,
Ninja Master, Bruce Lee [5]

WOTEF, IK, Karateka, Bruce
Lee, Last Ninja [5]

IK, WOTEF, Ninja, Last Ninja,
Bruce Lee [5]

IK, WOTEF, Kendo Warrior,
Kung-Fu Master, Kung Fu [5]

They all have 'Wallie' in them!

[1]

They all star Wallies [1]

They all featured a Wally [1]

Characters called Wally [1]

Empire [1]

Readyso ft/ Empire [1]

Empire [1]

(Looks it up) Er... Empire! [1]

He's a pundit [1]

A slightly balding, acerbic,
industry veteran [1]

Industry God! Inventor of
Pimania and he wrote a book
with Graeme Garden [1]

He's a balding, genial cult,
does anything for money and
he's deeper than the Marianus
Trench [1]

Domark [1]

1.5m? [0]

A shade over 1 5m (Dam close!)

[1]

1 .5m [0]

8m [0]

It inverts the lot! (Close enough!)
I W

A binary function that helps
prevent attribute problems (For
a practical answer) [1]

It flips them! [1]

If your two input bits are
different then the answer is
true, if they're the same, then
false [1]

(After much prompting)
] Flimbo's Quest [1]

Flimbo's Quest (after a massive
clue!) [1]

System 3's dodgy Dutch
programmer, he wrote Flimbo's
Quest [1]

Flimbo's Quest [1]

Richard Taylor. Hurrah! [1]

Richard Taylor [1]

Er... You! (To Richard Taylor) [1]

Richard Taylor [1]

Tne Cure, of course! [1]

The Cure [1]

EATUR

F THE YEAR I

ROUND 1: PR-
TYPES

Danielle Woodyatt
(US Gold)

Mike Clark (Code Masters)
Daniel Marchant (Storm)
Nicki Hemmings (Rainbow
Arts)

Tammy Lock (Domark)
Cathy Campo (Mirrorsoft)

Danielle won by a half-
mark gained by out-
smarting the YC
compere on a question
about Out Run Europa.
Mike Clark later said "I
wuz robbed!"

ROUND 2:
PROGRAMMING-
PEEPS

Joe Bonar (Probe)

Carl Muller (Freelance)
Stan Schembri (System 3)
Bobby Earle (Ocean)
Richard Taylor
(Freelance/YC)
Jason Page (Graftgold)

The Probe 'team' cheated
terribly by phoning YC on
our other line to ask Rik
the answers! So we gave
them the point in question,
and they won!

THE ANSWERS:

1 . Way of the Exploding Fist,
International Karate, Last Ninja,
Yie Ar Kung Fu... There's loads
of the damn things! It's one of
the most popular game genres
ever!

2. They all star a character
called "Wally".

3. Empire. It's going to be on

ROUND 3: THE
YC STAFF

Jeff Davy

Rik Henderson
Beverly Gardner
Paul Eves
Paul Rigby
Post Apocalypse

Rik still reckons that this
one was a fix, 'cos Jeff's
the Editor and he won by
just 1/2 a point. Says Jeff:
"It's a lie!", although some
contestants claim he was
later seen passing money
to the compere behind the
fax machine.

ROUND 4:
MANAGING
DIRECTORS

Bernard Dugdale (Elite)

David Darling (Code
Masters)
Geoff Brown (US Gold)
Tony Kavanagh (Krisalis)
Dominic and Mark
(Domark)
Henri Coron (Infogrames)

This was a very close
heat, there was just half a
point in it but Bernard
Dugdale just snatched it
by scoring full marks!

cartridge in September and,
with any luck, reviewed in the
next issue or the one after.
4. Mel Croucher is a revered
figure in the computer industry.
He formed a company called
Automata and wrote a classic
game called "Pimania" which
offered a Golden Sundial to the
person who could follow the
clues to where it was REALLY

YES! IT'S THOSE CHEEKY GITS AT PROBE, AGAIN!

You may remember that the last lime Probe didn't know a Boffo answer,
they rang Rik and ASKED him! This time, to find out the name of our
programmer-on-a-string, a member of Probe rang Paul Crowder, YC's
Sales and Marketing bod, and pretended to be Stuart Dinsey (the editor
of CTW, the computer games world's trade newspaper) to get the
answer. And they would have got away with it too (as they used to say
at the end of 'Scooby Doo', if it hadn't been for those meddling kids - in
this case, Rik and Jeft blew the whistle and Probe didn't find out the
answer from us!

They also rang us a day later with their answer to that AND their
answer to the 64 question which they got from CBM themselves!
Cheeky gets! No points!

Danielle Woodyat (US GOLD) 13
Joe Bonar (PROBE) 13

Jeff Davy (YC) 13
Rik Henderson (YA) 13
Mike Clark (CODEMASTERS) 131/2

(an extra half for offering us the smarties egg!! Thanks Mike,
but we just couldn't give you the extra 1 1/2!!)

But the overall Boffo Winner is!
Bernard Dugdale (ELITE) 14

His prize is on its way!

We salute him, no-one nows as much
computer trivia as he does, he's the new
champion for 1991

buried! He also wrote "Deus Ex
Machina" which was a game
accompanied by a soundtrack
tape full of celebrities which you
played while you went through
the game. He describes himself
as "a balding, genial curt", and
who are we to disagree.
Basically, he's a god, or at least
a minor deity.

5. Domark, natch. Although they
probably won't be doing more.

6. Our reckoning (and this is
also according to Commodore)
is about 14 million. What a lot of
C64's!

7. 'Exclusive Or' is a very dull
programming routine, as
anyone who's ever sat a
Computer Science A-Level will
know. Basically, it's too dull to
go into here, but Mike Clark got
it right!

8. Flimbo's Quest. And we hear
he's working on a sequel at the
moment. This game was
demoed, you may recall, on a
YC cover tape which you can
still get (see our tape offer

9. Richard Taylor. He also wrote
this issue's Boffo questions.
What a coincidence that this
question should appear, eh?

1 0. The Cure. Here at YC we
rather like them (could you have
guessed?)

page!

COMING
SOON!

Computer Boffo is over (for
this year) but look out for
future challenges from YC.
Over the next few months we
plan to take on
programmers, PR Officers,
and the like, at things like
Paintballing, Go-Karting and
anything else we can think of,
aswell as going on our now-
regular "YC Humiliation
Tour", where we get soundly
thrashed at the arcade
games that are being
converted by the companies
we challenge. All this and
more in the future...

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[Darkness. Sounds of
shuffling, clinking of metal,
the odd crunch of stubbing
toes and swear words.

Man appears in the glow
of a newly lit oil lamp.

Two miners rest on their
pick-axes, a camera crew
and sound man collapse on
the floor in exhaustion. All are
blackened by dust.

Man speaks]

"Good evening all! This
month [cough] Misadventures
comes from a special
location. From one of the
deepest mines in the world -
the gold mines of [cough]
South Africa!

Have we got a column for
you this month! [turns to men
behind him] - ain't that right
lads? [no answer] Lads?
Hmmm. Well, take it from me

we have. Two reviews and a
selection of hints and tips."

[Suddenly loud creaking
sounds appear - a
tremendous blaze of light
materialises from down the
tunnel and a woman's voice
is heard]

"Gerald? There are six
men hiding in the oven - fetch
the police!"

[Cut back to man]

Errm, over to our first
review, from a dinkum-
Australian- kangaroo-XXXX-
aborigine-bondai beach-
surfin'-lady by the name of
Dorothy.

REVIEWS

TROUBLE AT BRIDGETON

SUPPLIER: ATLAS

ADVENTURES

PRICE: DISK - 3.50 ; TAPE

- 2.50

A strange plot resides in this

Paul "Sane" Rigby looks at
mental asylums and treasure
islands in this issue's completely
hatstand adventure column.

here adventure. Your good
self has been left to look after
Bridgeton asylum for the day.

Why? I don't know. I also
don't know why you forgot to
lock the door. So everyone's
escaped which means you'll
have to persuade, the
escapees, (Yea, yea - no,
don't laugh - that reminds me
of the story about these three
Irish prostitutes, walking
down the road, yea WALKING
feller, yea I saw you
sniggering in the front row.
yea. Is that your wife mister,
eh, eh? Bit of alright, a bit fat
though, eh, a bit fat, Eh? Eh?
But my mother-in-law...
[sound of crowbar hitting
bone] - sorry 'bout that, the
Phantom Club Comedian I'm
afraid).

Anyway, the escapees,
there are ten in all, must be
returned to the asylum before
the chaps in charge find out.

Bridgeton, produced by
Dorothy Millard, includes the
usual adventuring
commands, including 'speak'
to interact with the
characters in the game, plus
handy abbreviated
commands such as EX or,
simply, X for examining
anything.

The design of Bridgeton is
tighter than Dorothy's earlier
games, it is also much larger
than them, too.

Although rather basic, the
'exam' command doesn't
give you an awful lot of extra
info so, therefore, you lose a
lot of atmosphere, the overall
game is her best effort to
date.

There is nothing "flash"
about Bridgeton, just a
collection of puzzles strung
together by a basic plot.
However, this formula still
results in an enjoyable game.

RATING - 7 0%

[Back to Man who is helping
the two miners to try to dig
another tunnel away from
Gerald and his wife]
Over to James T. Pointless
who has some exciting news
from the Planet Umph.

V E

IRES

SUPPLIER: ENIGMA
VARIATIONS
PRICE: TAPE - 9.99

"Hurrah!" and "Lashings and
lashings of ginger beer" and
"Hurrah!" again and other
spitting phrases are part and
parcel of Enid Blyton's
Famous Five series.

Oh yes, I remember the
series of books well. I had the
whole series I reckon.

Aye, there was I, a wee
nipper, chickenpox by the
armful, saved by a steady
supply of the jolly adventures
of Julian, Dick, Anne, George
and the blasted dog Timmy.

But let me ask you this,
what on earth was our Enid
thinking about when she
named the kids' Aunt "Fanny"
and their Uncle
"Quentin"?!?!? I mean, really,
stroll on, luv a duck, I ask
you, etc.

Any road up, this
text/graphic adventure
includes some intriguing
character handling using a
system called Worldscape.

The game begins when

Julian, Dick and Anne visit
their Aunt and Uncle. This is
the very first adventure so
they had yet to meet George,
the tomboy girl and her dog,
Timmy.

From there they worm
their way into treasure island,
full of stereotyped villains and
secret caves. Great fun, in
fact.

The game world is
dynamic, which means that
events move on while you
wait. I'm not a big fan of this
type of wandering character
system; it doesn't present
realism, just an impression of
a game full of aimless manic
zombies.

You can TELL and SAY
things as well as ASKing
them ABOUT things.
Characters have their own
special facets so you can ask
a character to perform an
action you might not be
capable of.

You can also BECOME
any of the Famous Five
(except the dog). Each
character has their own
advantages: Julian is strong
while George is the best
swimmer.

You can even split the five

up to explore several
directions at once. This is
essential to solve some of the
problems.

The parser is up to
modern standards with linked
sentences using AND, THEN
and commas. Prepositions
can be used to alter the
meaning of verbs and group
commands such as ALL and
EVERYTHING are also
included.

During play, the screen is
divided into two sections.
The upper portion of the
screen contains all
descriptions, messages, and
graphics which pop up for
selected locations. They are
very well drawn and appear
instantly on screen - pretty
good going for graphics of
this complexity.

The lower section is the
text input area.

Highlights and criticisms
fall upon the parser. When
you can't examine
something, the EXAM is
automatically displayed ready
for you to EXAMine
something else; very
thoughtful and user friendly.

But the parser doesn't
understand some basic
words included in the
location descriptions,
although memory restrictions
may be a factor here.

Criticisms apart, this is a
well-produced game, with
lots of imaginative production
techniques. I hope that
Enigma Variations are
working upon a sequel to this
first Five instalment because I
am sure it will be enjoyed by
all Commie adventurers.

RATING - 3 -J % (I

ADVENTURE

[Cut back to Man who is
being dragged, feet first, out
of the oven situated in the
kitchen of Mr and Mrs Roster,
Nottingham]

"Aaahhh \grunt] well,
hope you enjoyed our little
show before we go here's a
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stairs, to stand behind a podium. The applause dies down.]

"Ladies and gentlemen, seldom can it have been a greater pleasure and privilege than
it is for me now to announce that the next award gave me the great pleasure and privilege
of asking a man without whose ceaseless energy and tireless skill the British Film Industry
would be today.

I refer of course to my friend and colleague, Mr David Niven [vast applause, a bit of
emotion from Sponsor]. Sadly, David Niven cannot be with us tonight as he is dead, but
he has sent his fridge

[Applause; Around the World in Eighty Days' music; the fridge is pushed down by a
chap in a brown coat].

This is the fridge in which David kept most of his milk, butter and eggs. What a
typically selfless gesture, that he should send his fridge, of all his fridges, to be with his
tonight. [Another burst of applause. The fridge has a black tie on. They adjust the mike for
it. Then it proceeds to announce the nominations for best film..]

WINKS 8 NUDGES

ROBIN OF SHERWOOD

In the dungeon, stand on the prisoner's shoulders, grab the
guard's ankle then strangle him. In Nottingham Castle, talk
to Marion then go through the window. In Sherwood Forest,
fight Little John then get the quarterstaff, tell him t follow
you. Enter the waterfall to Heme the Hunter's cave and get
what's inside. Just before the archery contest - go to the
outlaw's camp where you hear about the contest. Go to the
location where you can see Nottingham in the distance then
GO TO NOTTINGHAM and enter the contest. When you have
won the silver arrow capture the sheriff. At Castle de
Belleme climb the statue then enter the place of devil
worship where Marion is tied and kill Simon de Belleme then
ask Marion to follow you.

REMOVER WITH PAINT BLOTCH and a door appears. He
OPENs it. Since it looks dark and there's no light he decides
to wait until later (you should find a radio later on, open it
and put the batteries you find inside into the flashlight).

VOODOO CASTLE

When holding the chemicals, carry the shield. Mix the
chemicals for height reduction. To travel by the chute wave
the ring. To open the safe, dial 38 and 33.

MANIC MANSION

Using Bernard, Ed and Razor. In the family room with the
portrait, typewriter and, erm, man-eating plant. An unsightly
paint-blotch is on the wall. Have Bernard USE PAINT

THE BIG SLEAZE

Can't decode the note? DECODE NOTE Keep having your
office land-mined? LOCK THE FRONT DOOR Can't open the
safe? PUT DYNAMITE INTO KEYHOLE. LIGHT FUSE. Need
the crowbar? EXAMINE THE MAC.

If you want to swell Paul Rigby's ego by sending him letters or
if you want to ask him some adventuring questions, write to:

MISADVENTURES, YC, 20 Potters Lane, Kiln Farm, Milton

Keynes, MK1 1 3HF

- and he'll put it in David Niven's fridge, er, print it, next

issue.

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Jeff Davy (carrying his legendary
YC cardboard camera) trucked to
West London to check out all that's
new and shiny in the arcade world.

STREET
FIGHTER II

Several years back you may
remember that David Bowie

STEEL GUNNER

STURM - a group of ruthless
international terrorists, didn't
you just know they'd be
some of them in one of these
games? - are out to do all the
things that ruthless
international terrorists are
known for.

Like destabilise
governments, kill people and,
er, amass massive private
armies with plenty of
weaponry just so that you
can come along and have a
good time blasting it all.

And that's just what you
do, in this latest, version of
'Operation Wolf and its ilk.
You get the now-familiar view
from down the barrel of a
recoiling gun, mounted on
the machine, of sundry
troops and machines heading
towards you with one thought
on their mind - your death.

It's not all hard, mashing,
action, though, it does have

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flashes of comedy, such as
between each level, when
your Chief bashes the table in
his anger at the way the
terrorists have taken over the
city.

Another variation on a
tried (and trying!) and tested
theme. Quite a good blast.

and Mick Jagger got down to
some dancing in the street'
but in this beauty you can get
down to some serioue viciou6
smegging in the street.

It's a one-on-one combat
game with heeee-uge sprites
that animate all over, i.e. they
shuffle and breathe as well as
smack and kick.

The opponents are many

and varied as you work your
way up the 'street-toughness'
ladder and your opponent's
moves are different
according to who they are.

Apparently, in London's
West End, spectators actually
bet on who'll win while two
players slug it out on screen.
It's that real. But then again,
it might just be that some
people will bet on anything.

(UNNAMED)
RACING GAME

Another in a line of formula
one racing games but this
time with a rather smart,
seemingly-digitised, car to
drive.

It moves smoothly even if
the sound's not always as
smart as it could be.

However, the main
attraction to the game is that
up to four players can race
simultaneously if two of the
standard two- player, two-
steering-wheel, cabinets are
connected.

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This leads to some very
competitive and absorbing
racing, replete with skid-offs,
crashes and pit-stops. Drive,
drive, drive!

BLADE MASTER

This is one of those large-
men-with-large-swords battle
games with an implausible
and amusingly translated
scenario, largely to do with
evil Warlords and kidnapped
girlfriends/princesses and
large weapons (Oo-er!).

This means that you (and
a friend) must stride
purposefully around (initially)
a castle, slicing and dicing
the fantasy-inspired creatures
that head toward you as well
as smashing urns to gain
bonuses and the like.

The graphics are in the
Golden Axe style and are, as
you would expect, well
coloured and animated whilst
the sound is satisfyingly
swishing and chopping!

MIDNIGHT
WANDERERS/
CHARIOT/DON'T
PULL

Three games rolled into one
is not something you often
get with new arcade games
but this Japanese wonder
has three games, two of
which feature the same
characters.

Midnight Wanderers sees
a rather Ghouls and Ghosts
style of play as you seek out
the Magical Chariot to save
an imprisoned princess (Hold
on, we've had this scenario!
Ed).

The characters are as
cutesy as anything but with a
Mediaeval/Mythical tinge to

them. It's
really pretty damn

playable.

Chariot picks up where
Midnight Wanderers leaves
off, with the player(s) now
flying through a sort-of magic
cloud-land, avoiding vicious,
er, bricks and shooting evil
moons. It's also chock full of
fairies™

Don't Pull seems to be
the turkey of the
three. It's a puzzler in
the tradition of
Pengo - you wander
around a maze made
of movable blocks,
collecting things and
crushing monsters.

It's sickeningly
cutesy and not my
cup of tea to tell the
truth. It also

disappoints by being rather
unplayable.

FOOTBALL
CHAMP

This has to be the hottest
machine out of all on display.
It's THE football arcade
machine. You pick the
number of players (up to
four), the country you're
playing for and let rip.

Obviously you'll know
the rules of football - and
so does the ref. He stays
with you throughout the
match and is ever-ready
to adjudicate.

When he does (for a
throw-in or free kick)
there's a rather spiffy
TV-style zoom-in on
the player taking the
shot.

The players
themselves are in a
very 1950 s Roy of
the Rovers style
whilst the sound has rather
impressive crowd cheering.

There are also two
commentators who bug you
throughout the match, and
photographers, whose lenses
you can knock over
(accidentally, of course!) if
you kick the ball off near the
goal.

This arcade game's a
corker. If it was a C64 game
it'd be a Fun One right away!

IN THE MAGAZINE
THAT MAKES THE
ENCYCLOPAEDIA
BRITTANICA
LOOK VERY
DULL INDEED...

Wherever this arrow
lands, I shall purchase
the September issue
of YC.

THE BEST COVER TfiPE YET
(PROBABLY):

Not only do we have 'Freaky Fish', a wholly-new game
written by our favourite New-Age programmer-on-call

Richard Taylor but also... The one, the only, the
original: 'Football Manager' - the footie management

game that launched a thousand others is on OUR
tape, yes siree! Another classic hit for you lucky, lucky

readers.

THE YC HUMILIATION TOC1R
1991 - PfiRT TWO:

The YC Unruly-Squad go for another severe drubbing
at the hands, this time, of Storm's programmers on
some of the arcade games being converted at the
company's shady London HQ.

This time we really do, honestly, promise to look
behind the scenes at Code Masters. We'll get 'dizzy'
interviewing the Darling brothers and see what 'antics'
they get up to at their farmhouse hideaway.

PLUS: So many other pages of colourful new, review, previews,
compos, cheats and other wonderful goodies that we daresay you'll
explode just thinking about it!

Summertime, and the living is easy! y^t^^^VZ

y' ever-so-spiffy YC every month.

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Since we are strange and rather creative types, Tom, Dick and Harry of a computer magazine,

we often change our minds about what we

put in this fun-packed magazine. So MY NAME ;

don't be surprised if next ish is full of

different, but even more corking, y'' MY ADDRESS

features than we've ,

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Give this to your local paper shop before it blows away!

REVIEW

Jason Miller

could have
been a
contender,
instead he's
stumped with
previewing this
new Storm
boxing sim.

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econds out. Round 3!
Yeah, making money
out of smacking the
living daylights out of some
poor sucker's face. You know
what I mean, Harry?

If you're brain- dead you
might as well use your head as
a human punchbag and make
a few megabucks out of it. You
may be lucky and become
World Champion. So grab your
boxing gloves and go to the
gym - smash the gumshield
out of some guy's mouth,
leaving him with a mouth full of
blood.

Your chance to join Chris
Eubanks, Nigel Benn and
Bruno in this slightly barbaric
sport's hall of fame, as you
forget about the Queensberry
rules and nearly kill your
opponent

With Final Blow you have

the opportunity to become the
next world champion without
getting your face damaged, in
the comfort of your own home.

The aim is to splatter your
opponent and get him carried
out of the arena, using a
combination of strength and

skiii. y£P

The ring fs Shown from the
side - you can see the
audience on the other— and the
boxing characters loom huge,
they're larger than your
average sprite! You don't get
the whole ring on the screen,
either, as you beat your
opponent backwards (or they
beat you backwards!), the
screen scrolls to reveal the
ropes.

The boxers move their legs
and amis in a grand fashion,
punching meatily at each other,
blocking shots when they can.
Their size really adds to the
action. In our preview version
there's no sound but we're sure
it'll be corking, as will the
finished boxer graphics and
movements.

So if blood and violence has
you intrigued, then Final Blow
will be the game for you. It's
shaping up to be a real knock-
'em-out game that you
must have a look at
upon its release.

O So you wanna be a boxer, in the golden ring ... Doof,
doof, doof! The YC boxer piledrives his opponent to the
side of the ring and into the ropes!

NAME: Final Blow
SUPPLIER: Storm
PRICE: TBC
RELEASE DATE: September

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stars, such as Stefan Edb
or maybe Martina. Tennis i
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your c^urt which is divided
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to do with orang£ or lemon badminton, the first person
sqausn but JahaVigir Khan, up to nine points takes the
the world's greatest anckmost spt^Even am'onkey could

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successful bod in the .,
of Squash. He'si won the
world champio/iship six
times.

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connected with witaners -
when Jahangir is in a Squa
court, you would probably
need a pair of Nike Mr 180*
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Air 180's on (L ook are WON
a comm^airfrtSrnNike, or
something? Where's rhyKtefc
cut? Ed) as you take part-in*
iither club tournament, where
u play in a not so hard
league (that must be a joke!
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garrte?) where you plav the -
sort of anaafceurslfllU ffle and
oursdlf, or the pro level, for
no exjra charge at all. I must
now that this game is
ard to win, but once
let the hang of it and
the rules, you may end
»e champion.
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court? I don't have a clu.e! BiSt
Squash is
quite a
simple
game to
understand
and is
played by
millions,
although
you'll need
a level of
fitness well
above
normal in
Jahangir s
simulation

HAN

wall is not all that sane - but
the colour of the ball controls
its speed and the amount of
bounce it. Weird, huh?! But a
squash fan will enjoy this.

The graphics and sonics
are not that bad, but the
sound does become a pain
after a while, just the sound
of a ball against a wall, it
could drive you mad.

But if you are into hard
physical sweat and racquet
games this is just the one for
you. So hit that
winning streak and
try out JK's Squash!

A game full of balls and rackets with
enjoyable gameplay

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NAME: Last Ninja 3.
SUPPLIER: System 3.

PRICE: £9.99 tape, £14.99 Disk.
RELEASE DATE: Early January 91.

72%

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COLUMN

THE SKORES

NO SKORE - This game is
too abysmal for words.

OO - Not even worth a look.
It's only appeal would be for
amusement.

OOO - This is an average
budgie game, and would
probably fill a gap on a rainy
Sunday afternoon.

OOOO - This game is rather
splendid really, but it lacks
that certain something that
determines a 'must buy'.

OOOOO - This is the best
you're likely to get for your
pocket money. Well worth
raiding your piggy bank for.

RED HEAT

HIT SQUAD £2.99

t haven't seen the film and
(excuse my ignorance) hadn't
actually heard of it until I saw
this game, so I didn't know
what this was going to be
about.

You play the part of
super-butch, bull-slapping
hero Ivan Danko (or Amie-
baby to you and me) whose
job it is to track down Viktor
Rostavili, the head of an
international drug-trafficking
ring.

In the first part you guide
Ivan through a rather large
and sweaty hot house,
punching, head butting,
shooting or just insulting
every hired heavy that comes
at you. There are various
objects lying around to be
picked up, including guns
and energy.

If you make it out of the
hot house then you will go on
to a hospital, the streets of
Chicago and another
location.

The graphics are quite
detailed, even if you do only
see half of your man at a
time. The do work well and
the animation is good. The
music is a bit weird, I
couldn't make up my mind
whether is was crap or not

There is quite an original
high score table input, it
looks like a reel of film
turning when you select.

I suppose this is worth
the asking price, it will
probably keep you coming
back for a few goes.

SKORE OOOO

■

REVIEW

O Jason 'Smasher* Miller cannons the ball skywards and
makes a daring run for first base. The fielders scurry to
catch his fiery shot.

When the word 'homer'
is heard all across
the United States it
can only mean one thing.
Yes, it's Major League

Baseball, the Americans' fave
pastime.

The crowd go wild,
stuffing their faces with
popcorn and candy bars.

The movie "Major
League" with Charlie Sheen
in those tight pants and slick
baseball cap could soon be
you, not forgetting that all-
important gum which adds to
the true meaning of Baseball.

Unlike your "ok, ya, let's
watch a game of boring old
Cricket", baseball has

Jason Miller

declares he's had
enough of leather on
willow and goes for
a real American
Sport.

enthusiasm and excitement.
When the Americans do
something they do it in style.

Baseball is a game to be
reckoned with and after you
have played RBI2 Baseball
you'll be a great fan of
George Bush's fave game.

Once these guys go down
to the park to play ball, all
they have in their mind is to
win! This is because
Americans must have a
winner - draws do not count
- unlike Cricket which usually
ends in a draw due to the
weather; a Baseball player is
so macho he is not deterred
by a little bit of rain.

RBI Baseball simulates
real baseball in the sense
that all the rules and game
plan are the same, and before
you start to worry, the rules
are not difficult to learn. You
have nine innings, a batter, a -
pitcher and fielders!

Gosh, I'm really
moonstruck as I'd never have
guessed that, but it is not so
simple!

The aim of the batter is to
smack the ball out of sight
over the grandstand for a
home run,

The field is split into both
defence and offence, the
pitcher is deffensive and
must strike out his offensive
opponents by hurling the ball
at an amazing speed of up to
100 mph. When the batter
hits it, they must sprint to one
of four 'bases' before the ball
is caught and thrown at a
'base'.

The umpire is never
wrong, if you are out there is
no arguing with him. This
must be the reason why J
Mcenroe took up tennis as
there is no place in Baseball
for a super-brat. Then again
he doesn't get his own way in
Tennis!

Just like the real game if
your team is struggling then
you must change the players.
The players do get tired
during a game, especially the
pitcher, as no one can throw
a ball at an average of 90

THE

BUDGIE

COLUMN

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So put on your glove and
cap in this fantastic and well-
detailed high-action ball-
against-wood game. This
must be the most realistic
version ot Baseball and you
don't even have to \f /
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SUPPLIER: Domark.

PRICE: E10.99 tape, E15.99 Disk.
RELEASE DATE: Out now!

89%

Domark hit a home run with this baseball
smasheroonie.

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APB

HIT SQUAD £2.99

You take the part of veteran
cop Officer Bob, whose job it
is to clear the
streets of crime.

You must
work your way
through just one
week. Each day
you are given up
to four different
offenders that
must be
apprehended,
these range from
litterbugs and
drunks to highly

L.E.D. STORM

KIXX £2.99

If you like the older style top-
view racing games, then
you'll love this.

Straightforward idea,
drive as fast as you can
whilst avoiding other
vehicles, oil slicks and mines
etc. There are things to be
picked up, including energy
pods, shields and point
bonuses.

Special cans can also be
collected to spell out
'ENERGY', which will replace
all of your fuel.

Whilst driving along, you
can jump to pass otherwise
untraversable areas and cars.
You can land on enemy cars
to squash them for bonus
points.

By pressing fire and
pulling back, you can change
to a motor bike if you feel it
at all necessary.

The graphics are suitable
and the sound is OK. And,
like I said, if you like older
racing games, you really will
enjoy this one.

SKORE OOOO

dangerous drug-dealers.

Sometimes, when you
catch a particularly nasty
offender, he must be taken to
the station and questioned
by, strangely enough,
waggling the joystick until he
confesses. And, by God, I
don't think I could take too
much of that either.

If all goes well your salary
bonus should be quite a
hefty one.

It looks quite good and it
runs fairly smoothly. The
David Whittaker music fits
the game quite well, too. Not
amazing but fun to play and
worth a few quid.

SKORE GO© 1/2

REVIEW

&WITCHB

Richard "Halibut" Taylor stands
in dark alleys and threatens
passers-by as he tests out
Switchblade...

The scene is not too
exciting, Havoc has
descended on the
lands, 'cos a rather powerful
peace-keeping sword has
been di si nterg rated by a
bunch of bad guys.

You, as a good guy
(natch!), have to find alt the
sixteen pieces so that Havoc
can be defeated and
everybody can live a happy,
peaceful existence, listening

to Radio 3 and tending their
gardens.

To achieve this you must
wander around exploring
underground cavems and
encountering various nasties.
Better weapons than the
blade you begin with can be
found lying around, altough
some are hidden by
backgrounds, so it is worth
checkimng everywhere.

Better weapons have

limited shots,
usually about
twenty shots
per weapon.
The strength
of certain
weapons can be
increased by
keeping the fire button
depressed, and is indicated
by a power bar.

Pieces of the sword are
also hidden anout the place,
along with other useful items,
such as energy boosts,
weapon enhancers, and
power ups can be
discovered.

A majority of the
underground backgrounds
are brickwork, and some of
this can be shot away to gain
access to other rooms and to
reveal hidden objects. These
look slightly different from
normal bricks, and it is worth
knocking all of them away,
just to see what happens.

The control of your
warrior-sprite takes a bit of
getting used to, and at first
seems really awful. You can
kick, fire, jump and run. All
fairly standard, really.

The graphics are quite
bad on the whole, the sprites
in-particular are pretty awful.

Some
are pretty
respectable, though, and the
explosions are nice, with
pieces of whatever you've
destroyed floating about the
screen for a while.

The music and sound isn't
too good, tending towards the
dull and repetitive side of life.
The presentation isn't really up
to the mark, either.

It might sound that on the
whole it isn't really that good,
but there is a strange
addiction that creeps over you
and a nice control method that
will make you play this quite a
bit.

My first impression of this
game was, "Oh God, this looks
awful". It didn't seem to play
very well either. After forcing
myself to have a go at it a few
times, I started to get into it
quite a bit. After a few
hours of play, I was
really hooked.

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NAME: Switchblade.
SUPPLIER: Gremlin.

PRICE: £10.99 tape, £15.99 Disk.
RELEASE DATE: Out now.

85%

Switchblade is a visually and aurally
unimpressive game but good fun to play.

BUDGIE

COLUMN

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NOVAGEN • £2.99

I, like so many other people,
played this game when it first
hit the scene and was totally
amazed by the graphics and
sheer speed of it. Playing it
again now it seems a bit
tame and, well, slower than I
remember. This is not to say
that it's not a good game.

The graphics are still
pretty smooth

and eventually gain sufficient
equipment to enable you to
escape. During your jaunt
through Targ you will
encounter many vector-
graphical structures
reresenting buildings and
objects that must be put to
use to help you solve puzzles
and get out of town.

There are jobs to be had,
things to buy and cheese to
fly around on. All quite weird
and wonderful, challenging
and absorbing.

A real classic game on
the old 64, one that should
not be missed by people who
did not catch it first time
around. At this price, with the
second city included, it really
is great value for money.

SKORE GOO© 1/2

and fairly fast
and they
respond well
to your
joystick
instructions.
And the
colour,
although
limited, fits
quite well.

The idea is
to explore the
city of Targ

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We told Jason Miller to test out
Mercs and the next thing we knew,
he'd been picked up for car theft at
the executive car park r- maybe he
misunderstood.

lives. So they can send in the
Mercs to stop the entire
Zututan rebels, of course! I
should have
remembered that
one man
can wipe
out the

Whilst touring in
central Africa, trying
to obtain a suntan a
group of Zutulan
revolutionaries decide to have
a bit of fun by kidnapping an
ex-president of the United
States of America.

What the hell is he doing
there? I here you cry! On a
peace assignment for the
peace of the world, far out
man, peace to all brothers
and love thou neighbour
yeah! A typical hippy attitude
towards life.

That could be the reason
for saying at the beginning of
the game "Winners do not
use drugs" but they come
very close to becoming a
champion, saying no names,
don't they?

The Americans decide
they will not send in military
intervention and lose loadsa

nation
of Africa!
Are you
set to go to Africa?
You are a trained soldier and
an expert in anti -terrorist
tactics.

So with all that training go
and beat-em-up the way
meres do, giving no mercy to
the enemy (whilst Julia
Roberts would sleep with the
enemy. I know which one I
would prefer and its a
different sort of action packed
fun). (Er... oo-er! Ed.)
Mercs is split into eight

thrill packed levels containing,
game play straight outta
"Beach Head", where the
enemy is ready to destroy you
or an "Airbase" where the fire
power is beyond belief.

This section is the heart of
the matter and the life of the
president lies in your hands.

Shoot everything in sight
as crates hide energy,
weapons and a Megabomb.
Also collect as many medals,
as when you kill all those
innocent and the not so
innocent Africans you can
become a hero and have a
chest full of medals. (Don't
normal men have hair on their
chests? Yes, but you're a
Merc super-hero.)

Merc is a rather hard
game to play, which makes it
more interesting than the
other commando beat-'em-
ups as, if you can complete a
game in just a few tries, you
-will get bored of the game
and put it to the side. The
graphics and sonics are
pretty trendy indeed
with a very smooth
game play.

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be glued to HALF LIFE

NAME: MERCS.
SUPPLIER: US Gold.

PRICE: £10.99 tape, £15.99 Disk.
RELEASE DATE: Out now.

Thrilled with fast-action packed fighting from

the off.

BUDGIE

COLUMN

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Ghostbusters. That was the
only good thing about it, I
thought, and might well have
been the same with this.

In the first part you must
guide an intrepid ghostbuster
to the bottom of a sewer to
pick up some slime samples.
On the way down you
encounter various irritated
ghouls that should be
destroyed, for their own sake
really.

As you are lowered down,
you can swing left and right
to pick up objects and
energy bonuses. Weapons
can be changed about as
you drop.

If you complete this, the
'Busters go on to clear up

GHOSTBUSTERS

HIT SQUAD - 2.99

This game doesn't have the
speech that blew everyone's
socks off in the first

Broadway and finally the
museum. If you complete
this, then who knows?

I found it a bit of a bore,
which may be to do with me
not being a GB fan. If you are
a fan you might like it for the
sake of its name.

SKORE GO

Jason Miller's not afraid to battle
with demons and trolls but he
went a bit white when we only
gave him dice to do it with!

Gasp in horror or
amazement! The
board game Dungeons
and Dragons has been
designed as a commie
adventure game (again) in the
form of "Hero Quest".

So with no hesitation I
grasped my joystick and set
forth to accomplish the
mighty task that lay ahead.

"Why is it a mighty task?"
I hear you say. Well, for many
decades the legions of
Morzar the Lord of Chaos
have destroyed all. Even the
bravest of the brave warriors
of the Empire have turned
and fled with their tails
between their legs!

Hero Quest is a fantasy
role playing game with a dash
of "let's stick it to 'em! Boot
'em in the head!" too.

You have the chance to
role-play the Magician, an Elf,
a Barbarian or a Dwarf, who
all have their own
characteristics, strengths and
weaknesses (because, let's
face it, a Barbarian or a Dwarf
is not going to be able to cast
a spell and the Magician
won't have a clue about
weapons, eh? Then again,
Lionel Blair didn't have a clue
either and look were he got).

The computer controls all
the movements of the evil
Wizard and therefore giving
you more trouble than you
could have anticipated.

A typical board game is
long and sometimes tedious,
but you won't find that with
this game as - yes! - you have

the chance to play with up to
four players at a single time,
tell me how many computer
games can do this for
entertainment.

Just because it's on your
Commie, matey, doesn't
mean the rules of the board
game change, either, since
these old veteran dinosaur
people stick to traditions.
This means only a few rules
have been altered as new
ideas must seep through, this
can only lead to better
gameplay on the computer
version.

Hero Quest has an
outstanding amount of levels,
too. In fact, a staggering 14
levels, but the primary rule is
to always start with the Maze.

This level has a fabulous
scenario and you can't go
wrong unless you run into the
evil wizard.

Just like a board game
you move in turns using the
dice symbol.

Stop! Do not go despair
and go round shouting those
unruly swear words as the
game is not that boring, it is
more fun than those Sunday
mornings at Grandma's
house having to put up with
the same old conversation.

But I know you like
adventures with maybe a few
tactics and beat-em-up parts
thrown in, well this has them
all. Combat is not combat
without you doing the actions
and getting the feel of your
man as combat is split into
two different stages. Which

are attack and defence.

Sounds alright... until you
find out that the computer
moderates all the action!
What? That's not on, it's
worse than just standing
there watching your mate get
the living daylights kicked out
of him in a pub punch up.

What's he on about? Well,
if the computer controls your
moves and you attack the

Commie he is not going to
give you moves that will kill
him, all you can do is wait
and hope that you have
enough strength to withstand
his attack.

Readers, don't get the
wrong impression about Hero
Quest as I'm not slagging it
down, the scroll play is
amazing and the adventures
will have you glued for hours

REVIE

on levels like "Legacy of the
ore warlord" where it is vital
to find equipment and
escape or "The stone hunter"
where you must investigate
legendary Karien to become
wealthy.

Puzzles must also be
solved and so as not to get
caught in trap doors, outwit
those obscene monsters by
gaining money and becoming
wealthy as
this will boost
your body
strength and
gain you
more body

points.

I also note that the
magician has spells such as
"Genie" and "Earth, Wind,
and Fire". He must be a real
groovy designer but a bit off
the music scene, eh?

Hero Quest is not bad.
Not all that impressive but an
improvement from the board
game.

So, if you are one of the
sort of people who enjoys
fast action-packed games I
advise you to give this one a
miss, as this sort of game is
for your typical J&k
stamp collector.

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NAME: Hero Quest
SUPPLIER: Gremlin

PRICE: £10.99 tape, £15.99 Disk.
RELEASE DATE: Out now!

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62%

Finally, the computer version of the board

game.

Was it really worth the wait?

REMIE

Everybody knew that Jeff Davy
had already lost his marbles but
now Rainbow Arts have put them
in a puzzle game!

There seem to be as
many puzzle games
around as driving games
at the moment. They land on
my desk and seem to say:
"Hello, I'm a new and even
more fiendish puzzle game, I
bet you can't work me out!"

But, unlike Gem-X last ish,
I've twigged this one, oh yes.
And it goes like this...

Marbles, and plenty of
them.

They come one at a time
from the side of the screen
(who knows who's throwing
them) and roll (looks more like
'slide') up and down a tube-
like marble-run until they find
an empty slot in (depending
upon the fiendishness of the
level) one or more four-hole
wheels.

These top wheels are
connected to a network of
others and, by spinning the

wheels around and pulling the
joystick in a certain manner
(Oo-er!), you can send the
marbles roll... er... sliding
around the grid.

You do all this for a
particular reason. To finish a
screen you must 'explode'
every wheel on it. This
doesn't mean dynamiting it
and losing it from the game
(although that could well have
made the game more
interesting, if not much more
exciting!), it means filling a
wheel with four similarly-
coloured marbles, at which
point it explodes!

To make things difficult,
not all the wheels are
connected to each other and
sometimes there may only be
one or two wheels as an
entrance to a massive grid of
other wheels.

As the levels progress,

restrictions start cropping up
on some of the connecting
chutes between wheels, only
a certain colour can pass
down a chute, things like that.

And what makes it the
most difficult and awkward of
all is that the marbles (appear
to) arrive randomly. Of course,
if you're trying to fill a wheel
full of one particular colour
and you're waiting for the

fourth matching marble, you'll
probably say that it's not
random at all but working
against you, as you pile away
another wrong -coloured bead.
But that's part of the fun!

So, like all puzzle games, it
appears eminently simple but
in practice it's a real pain. An
addictive pain, of course.

Now, I hear you ask, what
have Rainbow Arts come up
with? Well, the answer is:
another damn good puzzle
game for the collection, as if
you didn't have enough of
them already.

The graphics might be
pretty poo-er, in fact they ARE
pretty poo-er, but the jolly
tunes will egg you on as you
experience the grip of the
game's best element - its
gameplay - which is
stupendous. You wouldn't
credit such a small,
unassuming, puzzle game
with such addictive gameplay.

So I have no reservation in
saying that Logical is this
month's star puzzle game and
is worth shelling out the
readies for if a) you like this
sort of thing or b) you haven't
bought a puzzle game in a
while and are feeling
withdrawal tinges
from the genre.

This month's star puzzle game:
Come on down Logical!

^SONICS

Chirpy
tunes
through-
out

A bit poor 0
maTb.es ^FACTOR

GRAPHICS

look more
like Gem-
X's gems!

You'll be
gripped
immediately
by the
fiendish
puzzling
action...

^HALFLIFE

And still at
it, tearing
your hair
out, weeks
later!

NAME: Logical!
SUPPLIER: Rainbow Arts

PRICE: 10.99 tape, 15.99 Disk.
RELEASE DATE: Out now

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the toll man. With Little Puff,
fantastic animation of the
cartoon figures goes with
great gameplay (Oi! Are you
reading the box? Ed).

Creatures with no bodies
play a starring role in Wizard
Willy, such as eyes winking
at you - it must be your lucky
day!

Willy must 'zap' and
'kerpow' all the evil gouls
and guardians in the
dungeons with his magic
powers.

Stan and Olli were a
funny bunch of guys in their
time, now here come Olli and
Lissa. In Olli and Lissa 3, Olli
has the misfortune of having

QUATTRO 4
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CODEMASTERS - 2.99

Code Masters have been at
the compilation lark again,
this time with four of their
'Cartoon Time' games...

In Frankenstein Junior,
Franky has to solve mystery
of the whereabouts of his
father's body! He has to be
careful not to have his heart
broken into many pieces by
ghosts and the like as he
plods around a creepy
house. It's a hilarious game,
full of action.

Little Puff sees a cute
character getting heavy-
head-hassle from the toll
collector. If he doesn't pay
up, he can t go home (aaah,
poor Puff). But! By collecting
magic potion he can breath
fire and become a real
dragon.

This makes it easier to
collect four letters to give to

to find the pieces of Lissa's
car.

He must go through thick
and thin with his nose to the
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Code Masters have put
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you have them all already!

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COH UNITE

Jason Miller puts on his Brian
Clough false nose and his Ron
Atkinson fright-wig, ready to play
ball with another D+H footie
offering.

Are you as sick as a
parrot, like most of
the football managers
of today, who pull their hair
out when the results don't
go their way?

Well, you can step into
their slip-on shoes with this
'un.

From the terraces of "El
Estadio Bernabeau" of Real
Madrid with my scarf and
flame-thrower (Flame-
thrower?!! Ed), giving
football that element of

excitement, I was grabbed
by YC to give a view on this
new footie game simulation.

MPS is a management
game, where it is your task
to manage your team against
60-odd computer-managed
teams or 3 non-computer
players (i.e. your friends, if
you have any). What more do
you want? If you want
something that'll take a
while, this is it.

I can tell you for nothing
that you will need a pack of

Gilette Blue razors, you'll
probably have grown a
beard before you have even
got half way through the
season.

But the good things do
come to those who wait,
because as footie manager
games go, this is one of the
best. The strategy behind
the game must be mastered
if you are to win and, once
you're hooked, you'll be
there for hours, awaiting the
results and hoping that the
teams above you lose just
like the real thing!

The other side of footie is
also in play. The old
hooligans and their bottles of
beer cause trouble when
ever they can. Yobboes are
hard to keep down and they

give your club a bad
reputation which can lead to
a fine.

Money is very important,
there being a financial
aspect to this game - so
you'd better hope that you
don't get to manage Mlllwall,
or you'll be bankrupted in
minutes!

One thing to be noted is
that there's no arcade
element to it. Not even any
game highlights throughout
the whole 30-week season,
the League and FA cup ties
also. Despite this, the idea of
competing and trying to
become the best manager in
England is some task to
behold, with your technical
ability put to the test. You
need to know things such as

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«FK FACTOR

^HALF LIFE

If hooked,
you'll have
a beard
like Santa
Claus.

NAME: Multi-Player Soccer Manager.
SUPPLIER: D & H Games.
PRICE: 9.99 tape only.
RELEASE DATE: Out now

60°/c

If MPSM was a football team, it would be in
the Sunday League, probably.

which player to buy or sell at
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If there's one thing that
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C'mon, we all know that you don't lock yourselves up in your bedroom
with just your commie to keep you amused. In fact, we'd wager that you
occasionally dabble in other forms of entertainment too. In Big Thrills we
tell you exactly what's kickin' at the moment...

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- Go for this immediately!!!

oooo

- Well worth spending time/dosh on

ooo

- Not a bad effort, worth checking out!

- A tad mediocre, only worth it if you've really

got nothing else to do!

- A pile of crap!

VIDEO

BACK STAB

20/20 Vision
(Certificate '18')
Stars: James Brolin,
Meg Foster

If you're into incredibly dull
American thrillers and court-
room dramas you'll really be
into this movie. If, like me,
you only appreciate good
thrillers, with original plots,
more twists than Chubby
Checker, and real, hard
action, you'll find Back Stab
a load of daytime TV crud.

Architect Cliff Murphy
(James Brolin) has been set
up in a murder case and
he's sent to jail. His lawyer
(Meg Foster) can't save him
from that fate, but does try
to help him once he
convinces her that he's
innocent. It's all been done
before, the acting is as stale

as three year-old bread and
the ending is so predictable
that anybody who watches it
could set themselves up as
fortune tellers.
Q (for the bonking scene)

OPPORTUNITY
KNOCKS

Guild Home Video
(Certificate '15')
Stars: Dana Carvey

Isn't Dana that Irish singer
who does an awful lot of
Chrimbo specials on TV? Er,
wrong Dana! Dana Carvey is
a comedian who hails from
the American comedy show
Saturday Night Live
(breeding ground for people
like Dan Ackroyd, John
Belushi and Steve Martin),
and although this isn't his

CONTRIBUTORS: Jeff Davy, Rik Henderson

MUSIC

BILL

PRITCHARD -
Jolie

It's serious-time this month in
the music corner of 'Big
Thrills'. At YC, we find there
is a time for sitting down with
our feet up and listening to
something that doesn't
involve loud, searing guitars
and frantic drumming (even if
that's the sort of music we
normally die for).

first movie, it's
certainly his
best.

Eddie
Farrell (Dana
Carvey) is a
con-man who
gets in over
his head when
he's mistaken
for a very
successful
business man,
but

recognising a
good thing, he
plays along to
hilarious
consequences. The action is
fairly fast paced, Carvey is a
natural at playing the fool,
and a good support cast
take a mediocre plot to
reasonable heights.
American comedies can
sometimes be only funny to
those involved in the project
but Opportunity Knocks has
that free-flowing humour
element that makes it
genuinely funny enough to
appeal to a British audience.

OOOO

Bill Pritchard's new LP
provides just that. There's
guitars in there, but rather
good laid-back guitars.
There's ever- so-thoughtful
songs, too, about life, the
universe and everything. It's
all done with style and grace,
with a hint of long-suffering
humour and experience.

If you're looking for
something that's worth
slapping on the stereo which
isn't run-of-the-mill
rock/pop/dance, then Bill's
your man. Even if he does
look a bit silly in the
photographs!

AIR

AMERICA

Guild Home Video
(Certificate '15*)
Stars: Mel Gibson,
Robert Downey Jnr.

Air America is not what you'd
expect it to be. It's not a
typical Mel Gibson action
movie, and it's not a Robert
Downey Jnr. comedy. In fact
it's got elements of both, but
would probably be best

RILLS ★ BIO THRILLS ★ BIG THRIL

HORROR IN
THE DARK #1

Fantagor Press
For Mature Readers

Just like all the rest of the horror
anthology comics that we've
seen over the years, Horror in
the Dark sets out to shock us
and try to make us so spooked
that we won't be able to sleep at
night. What the creator doesn't
realise is that what we don't
particularly want is a few select
tales about mummies, zombies,
and things that go bump in the
night.

Subtle honor is far more
scarey in this day and age. Take
Stephen King's Misery, for
instance, not a single cliched
spook in sight, yet it's much
more frightening that the
Creature from the Black Lagoon.
And although we're presented
with three tales of carnage, with
some of the best computer art
ever seen on two of the strips, its
so old hat that the rim's fallen off

described as a road movie in
the air.

Robert Downey Jnr. is an
unemployed pilot, having
recently been sacked from
his 'Spy in the Sky' spot on
radio. He is recruited by the
States air force to fly supplies
in an around the country of
Laos, a few thousand miles
away from the war-raged
Vietnam. Mel Gibson is
already an experienced
employee of 'Air America',
who are secretly helping the
American war effort in
private.

and the bowler part has been
caved in. I'd be more scared by
the poll-tax inspector!

SLANG #2

Slang Publishing,

1 1 Elm Grove Road,

Salisbury,

Wilts,

SP1 1JW.

Slang is a very good
independent comic that deals
with social issues, whilst
crossing them with a spot of
humour and a good helping of
surreality. What it keeps away
from, unlike many comics in this
bracket, is the Viz style strip and
would be best described as
Deadline without the boring bits.

Its a little gem that I found
tucked away in a Camden comic
shop, but you should write to the
above address and find out
what it's all about yourself.

oooo

The plot chugs along and
has many undertones {drug
running, unnecessary danger
to pilots, etc.) although fails
to concentrate on any one of
them, and therefore is more a
view into what happens to
our two stars than actually
captivates you with a
storyboard. Although it'd
keep you entertained for a
night, I can't help wondering
whether it'd be as worthwhile
if it wasn't for the main
actors?

0001/2

THE NAKED
GUN 2 1/2 -
THE SMELL
OF FEAR

Paramount Pictures
(Certificate '12')
Stars: Leslie Nielsen,
Priscilla Presley

A plethora of jokes and belly
laughs that make your eyes
water and other parts of the
body dribble - is how I'd
describe the first Naked Gun
movie, and because it was so
superbly funny it's very hard for
this sequel to live up to its
expectations.

Needless to say that it
doesn't, I mean after all it is a
follow-up, and the track record
of sequels is pretty poor.

Naked Gun 2 1/2 DOES
have a few choice moments
though, and could easily be
described as the funniest movie
of the year. Frank Drebin (Leslie
Nielsen), you see, is a bumbling
cop who has been the brunt of
some hilarious escapades
across the two films and the TV
series Police Squad, and if
you're a fan of the Redrock
("It's not red, and there's no
rocks in it!") ads, you'll love all
of it

OOOO

ROBIN HOOD
- PRINCE OF
THIEVES

(Certificate ( 12»)

Stars: Kevin Costner,
Morgan Freeman, Mary
Elizabeth Mastrantonio

"Kevin Costner, Kevin Costner,
riding through the Glen. Kevin
Costner, Kevin Costner, and his
merry men. Steals from the rich,
gives to the poor. Kevin
Costner..."

Hmmm. Doesn't quite scan,
does it? That was the (er.
updated) theme to the 60's
"Robin Hood" TV programme
and, to tell the truth, I thought
Kevin "Concerned" Costner
would fit as badly into this film
as his name does into that song.

But then I saw the film and I
was knocked out of my boots,
for verily it was quite good. It's
an action-packed romp through
olde Englande, in which Robin
(Costner - surprise!) comes
back from the Crusades to find
his castle gutted - he's pretty
gutted, too! - and the Sheriff of
Nottingham (played very
amusingly) riding roughshod
over the Land and threatening
to take the Throne.

So he goes into the forest
and meets a bunch of outlaws
(including Brian Blessed and
Christian Slater) and Marian -
the King's cousin - who, to cut a
long story short, fight a lot, drink
a lot, and get to a gripping finale
which involves much suspense,
flashing of arrows and blades
through the air and inevitable
love between Robin and Marian.
. This film is both funny and
involving, with a large amount of
medieval archery-action. It's a
winner.

ooooo

BIG THRILLS i*r BIG TfH

FROM THE SCRIPT II:

THE REVENGE

Dave "Pretentious, Moi?"
Hughes goes on a crazed rock trip
to Holland and provides us with
the following film news despatch...

GOEDEN AFOND
ROTTERDAM!

Hey, this is not a test, this is
koffiemelk and stroop-
woffels! That's right, this
edition of "Tales... 1 is brought
to you from the heart of
Holland (well, actually from a
rather seedy back bar in one
of the less fashionable ends
of the Netheregions), a
country incredibly exciting
and unfeasibly boring and
equal doses - kind of like

watching a nice
colour of paint dry. But
whatever else it is, it's not a
country for movie buffs.

If the French (Dutch-
subtitles) B-movies or repeat
showings of Mr T in D.C CAB
on RTL-Plis don't get you,
MERMAIDS in Dutch will.
Luckily the sex museum
provided some welcome
relief (oo-er!) from TV hell and
the movie world went 'gek'
(Dutch for 'crazy') as soon as
I turned my MEMPHIS BELLE
crew-jacketed back on
'Engeland', so here's a more
meatier tales than usual.

HOOK MINED
AND SINKING

HOOK, Steven Spielberg's
big-budget fantasy, starring
Robin Williams and Julia
Roberts, is soon to be teven
Spielberg's bug-budget
fantasy starring just Robin
Williams - PRETTY WOMAN
star Julia looks set to drop
the project faster than a hot
Kiefer.

Pulling out of marriage
and a major movie in a single
month may be a big step for
Julia but it's another blow for
the luckless HOOK, well into
its six-month shooting
schedule with still only bits
and pieces in the can.

WHEN HARRY MET
SALLY and THE DOORS' Meg
Ryan will replace Julia if she
does go, but HOOK looks
shakier every day.

'ARCHERS'
MOVIE BREAKS
RECORDS

Kevin Reynolds' $57 million
ROBIN HOOD becomes the
firtst true blockbuster of the
summer, despite some weak
reviews. Obviously the
biggest media/avertising
spend of all time has paid off,
for the film grossed S25
million on its opening
weekend, making it the
eighth-highest opener in
Hollywood history.
ROBIN HOOD II: THE
ADVENTURE BEGINS, the
'prequel', already has a
promising script but count
Costner out.

Meanwhile, opening
records look set to be broken
again and again this summer
(as in 1989), as THE NAKED
GUN 2 1/2: THE SMELL OF
FEAR, TERMINATOR 2:

JUDGEMENT DAY and, in
Britain, TEENAGE MUTANT
NINJA TURTLES II: THE
SECRET OF THE OOZE
follow ROBIN HOOD out of
the stalls (what is this fixation
with double-parted movie
titles?).

THEIR LOVE IS
KING

After the financial, critical and
Oscar success of Rob
Reiner's merely adequate
adaptation of Stephen King's
stunning novel MISERY,
Hollywood is once again
queueing outside King's
mansion in Bangor, Maine,
much as they were in the
80's, when CHRISTINE,
CHILDREN OF THE CORN,

RILLS ★ BIO

G THRIL

CUJO, CAT'S EYE and a few
other King stories beginning
with 'c' followed THE
SHINING to the big screen.

Of the 90's adaptations,
GRAVEYARD SHIFT has
already opened and, well,
stiffed. The tasty, three-hour-
plus TV version of IT (with
Tim Curry as Pennywise the
clown) should be available to
rent on video now.

And in Hollywood, several
adaptations are underway.
The most ambitious, THE
LAWNMOWER MAN, is a S1 0
million futuristic thriller
loosely based {as with THE
RUNNING MAN) on King's
short story of the same
name.

Starring Jeff PSYCHO III
Fahey and Pierce "Not James
Bond" Brosnan, THE
LAWNMOWER MAN is
distinctive in that it will be the
first feature film to use 'virtual
reality', allowing the audience
to experience sensations felt
by the characters on the
screen.

Also in progress are
screen adaptations of THE
TOMMYKNOCKERS,
SOMETIMES THEY COME
BACK, THE STAND and THE
DARK HALF, the latter to be
made by 'couldn't direct-
traffic' George A. Romero.

Watch too for CHILDREN
OF THE CORN II: DEADLY
HARVEST, which, as you can
see, has some neat-looking
publicity stuff...

A MARRIAGE
MADE IN
HOLLYWOOD

Julia Roberts' shock
cancellation of her wedding
to YOUNG GUNS star Kiefer
Sutherland a mere 72 hours
before the event has made
me take a long, hard look at
the high-profile Hollywood
couples.

"She loves me": Long-
time lovers Goldie Hawn and
Kirt BACKDRAFY Russell
were brought back together
after a major bust-up when
Goldie bought Kurt a 1960's
Rolls Royce...

"She loves me not":
Winona MERMAIDS Ryder
and Johnny CRY-BABY
Depp have broken off
their long engagement...

"She loves me": Kim J
Basinger and TOO HOT

TO HANDLE co-star Alec
Baldwin are planning a winter
wedding...

"She love me not": Jeff
THE FLY Goldblum and
Geena THELMA AND LOUISE
Davis are to divorce...

"She loves me": James
TERMINATOR 2 Cameron's
ex-wife, NEAR DARK director
Gale Ann Hurd, recently
married BONFIRE OF THE
VANITIES director Brian de
Pal ma.

HONEY, I
DROPPED THE
TITLE

will eventually be
called HONEY, I
BLEW UP THE
BABY (as in
'enlarged', not
'exploded', dippy).

Original HONEY
director Joe
Johnston has his
$55 million* comic-
strip movie THE
ROCKETEER
opening in the UK on
August 2. Last (for
now) of the big
budget comic-strip features
(after SUPERMAN, BATMAN
and DICK TRACY), THE
ROCKETEER will hopefully be
a big earner, despite the
relative obscurity of Dave
Stevens' superlative comic-
strup and the fact that,
despite a worldwide gross of
S253.4 million, BATMAN is
still S35.8 million short of
breaking even, joining a
growing list of hugely-
sucessful movies (including
ALIEN, COMING TO
AMERICAN and FATAL
ATTRACTION) that somehow
never manage to show a net
profit...

The sequel to
HONEY, I
SHRUNK THE
KIDS went into
production on
June 1 as THE
UNTITLE HONEY
SEQUEL.
Previous working
titles included
HONEY, I
XEROXED THE
KIDS, I SENT
THE KIDS TO
THE MOON, but
my money says
the sequel (again
starring Rick

Moranis)

\ *

, JULY
NOTED

Now here's a
brief update on
Things mentioned
in July's Tales...':

Joining THE
MUNNY, THE
INVISIBLE MAN and
CREATURE FROM
THE BLACK
LAGOON on the list

of old

movies to be updated in
the near future is VILLAGE OF
THER DAMNED, from THE
HITCHER director Robert
Harmon...

Bruce Willis' justifiably
doomed HUDSON DORK
(U.S. Premiere magazine's
prediction for 10th biggest hit
of 1 991 ) dropped out of the
U.S. money chart at $1 5
million, S85 million less than it
cost to make-
Gary STATE OF GRACE
Oldman has dropped out of
Oliver Stone's JFK movie,
don't know why...

IN BRIEFS

Jennifer Lynch, daughter of
director David and author of
the book that inspired TWIN
PEAKS (new of the movie
version in 'Tales...' soon), has
signed Kim Basinger and Ed
THE ABYSS Harris to her
feature debut, BOXING
HELENA, in which ED kidnaps
Kim and keeps her trapped
and terrorised in a trunk...

Christopher Lambert WILL
appear in HIGHLANDER 3:
THE MAGICIAN after all,
although Christian
MOBSTERS Slater is still
expected to play the young
McLeod™

Madonna, Jeremy Irons
and director Oliver Stone are
all out of the EVITA project,
which has, sadly, been
shelved...

NEXT ISSUE

I'm leaving fledgling pop
stardom in Holland behind
for Britain again, so if you
hear anyone else singing
Sting songs on
'Kalverstraat', it won't be
me.

I'll be back to bring you
BATMAN: THE NEXT
STORY, Arnold
Schwarzenegger's US
Presidency plan and other
news hotter than the red
light district's hot bits.

So, until then, 'dank ie,
en dag'!

BIG THRILLS -sfe- BIG THRILLS tSt BIG

Rik Henderson lets
his hair down and
moshes to the latest
music vids.

NED'S

ATOMIC

DUSTBIN

Nothing is Cool

47 Minutes

If you've never seen Ned's
live, this is the video to get
The frantic, thrashing indie-
pop style of the band is
unlike anything else on this
planet, and 'Nothing is Cool'
is a good insight into the
band itself and what drives
them to sound like they do
(generally tonnes of ciggies
and copious amounts of
alcohol).

The video is a compilation
of every song Ned's have in
their current repertoire, plus
the promo of their biggest hit
"Kill Your Television" (a ravin'
noise of a song, best
appreciated whilst
wearing a holed,
grey sweater
and waving
from side to
side

maniacally).

If you're
into good
music of the
thrash-'til-you-
drop kind, you'd
be a peculiarly
shaped banana (i.e.
square) to miss out!

©GO©

POP WILL
EAT ITSELF

Unspoilt by
Progress

42 Minutes

PWEI (as they're better
known) are a bunch of lager-
drinking geezers who spew
out an excellent mix of thrash
metal, goth melodies, and
hardcore hip-hop.

Their music is inspired by
their insistence on 'avin' a
laugh and the lyrics on most
of the songs shown here
proves this.

'Unspoilt by Progress'

shows
you exactly
how unspoilt
PWEI are, as it
chronicles the
band's songs
from the roots
to present
day, and it
contains all
the videos
they've ever
made, plus
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minutes of extreme
boredom, and a
complete waste of
my, The KLF's, and
the video duplicators'
time!

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are the three KLF hits - with
videos that all look remarkably
similar - and an extremely
pretentious pile of offal in the
form of a 'making-of, that the
band have tried to pass off as

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very well shot too, and you get
a heck of a lot of them for your
money.

The whole caboodle must
be watched in its entirety
though, as 'God Blasts The
Queen* (the last song) is a
rousing mess of noise best
liked by deaf Hendrix fans like
myself.

This is NOT a video your
parents will want you to have,
or play at any time when they
are present (it's just too damn
LOUD!)

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JESUS JONES
Big in Alaska

33 Minutes

Jesus Jones are the most
respected band that actually
manage to retain an

individuality yet hit
the charts time
and time
again.

The first
album was
i the best
I thing since
sliced bread
(especially
the sliced
bread you can
get with the little
dead ant look-a-like'
sesame seeds sprinkled on
top) and the second - although
more mellow - hits you like a
steam engine colliding with an
over-ripe plum!

'Big in Alaska' features the
videos of the band's hits from
both albums (seven of them)
and links each with a
camcorder-shot piece of
interviewing performed by the
lead singer, Mike Edwards,
himself.

Fans would never miss this,
but if you we're going to
dismiss it just because they've
made it into the charts, and
therefore it's not cool to like
them, think again.

Why miss out on something
just because your kid sister
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Due to circumstances beyond
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Tank Battle Zone Game.

We apologise for this situation
and will be running it as an
extra game on the
YC October Cassette,
available from all good
newsagents from
September 27th.

Once again we extend
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